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fly fisher, who loves to see them run and escape 

 these obstructions. 



The male fish is supplied by nature with a 

 hard gristly beak on the end of the under 

 jaw, which fits into a socket in the upper jaw 

 to a nicety; with this the Salmon go to work 

 with their heads up stream, rising their tails 

 sometimes nearly perpendicular, and root up 

 the sand and gravel in heaps, leaving a hollow 

 between, wherein the female deposits the eggs ; 

 the male fish still performing his part, chasing 

 away the large trout that are ready to root it up 

 (the spawn), he covers it over substantially 

 against tlie forthcoming winter's floods and 

 storms. By this time he becomes wearied, 

 spent, and sickly, and then turns himself roimd 

 and makes head for the sea, where, if once 

 happily arrived, he soon makes up for the 

 debility in his blue, his fresh, and ever free 

 element. The refreshing and purging nature 

 of the salt water soon makes him once more 

 strong and healthy, he may be seen leaping 

 and playing in the sea near the river's mouth 

 on his recovery. I have been told by fisher- 

 men that they proceed in shoals to the ice 

 fields in the North Seas, and return to the 



