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place,at their returne from the Sea, 

 which is ufually about fix months 

 after; and the like experiment hath 

 been tried upon young Swallows, 

 who have after fix months abfence, 

 been oferved to return to the fame 

 chimney, there to make their nefts, 

 and their habitations for the Sum- 

 mer following; which hath inclined 

 many to think, that every Salmon 

 ufually returns to the fame River in 

 which it was bred, as young Pigeons 

 taken out of the fame Dove-cote, have 

 alfo been obferved to do. 



And you are yet to obferve fur- 

 ther, that the He Salmon s ufually 

 bigger then the Spawner,and that he 

 is more kipper, & lefs able to endure 

 a winter in the frefh water, then the 

 She is; yet fhe is at that time of look- 

 ing lefs kipper and better, as watry 

 and as bad meat. 



And yet you are to obferve, that 

 as there is no general rule without 

 an exception, fo there is fome few 



Rivers 



