SALMON. 



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SALMON. 



THE Salmon, so highly esteemed for the deli- 

 cacy of its flavour, and so important an article 

 in a commercial view, is chiefly an inhabitant 

 of the northern regions ; they will ascend our 

 rivers for many miles ; force themselves against 

 the most rapid streams, and spring with amazing 

 agility over cataracts of several feet in height. 

 An inhabitant of Berwick upon Tweed, gives 

 the following account of them : "in the months 

 of October and November, the Salmon begin to 

 press up the river as far as they can reach, in 

 order to spawn ; when that time approaches, 

 the male and female unite in forming a proper 

 receptacle, for it in the sand, or gravel, about 



