SALMON. 



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SALMON. 



THE Salmon, so highly esteemed for the delicacy 

 of its flavour, and so important an article in a com- 

 mercial view, is chiefly an inhabitant of the northern 

 regions ; they will ascend such of our rivers as have 

 communication with the sea 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 



