SALMONID.E. 



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trua Salmon, with many other noble and distinct varieties, in un- 

 equalled numbers. 



Of this glorious fish, of its generation, migrations, growth, and habits, 

 so much has been discovered within, comparatively speaking, a few 

 years, that I am enabled to present a considerable number of facts, 

 which will be doubtless new to many of my readers, and which may 

 be received as ascertained and authenticated beyond the possibility of 

 doubt. 



