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THE SALMON FEY. 



These beautiful little fish, the production of 

 the spawn of the salmon, make their appear- 

 ance in March and April, and if a flood happens 

 to rise or swell the rivers about the end of the 

 latter montli, they are taken down in great 

 numbers, till at last they enter the brackish 

 water, where they grow in a short time as large 

 as white trout. The salt water adds much to 

 their growth. In the following spring and 

 summer they run up the rivers in great quanti- 

 ties if they are allowed, and return to the sea 

 again before winter. On their second return 

 up the rivers they will be grown very large, 

 and are then called *' Grilse," or " Peals," &c. 



There is a Salmon Teoxjt of the same species, 

 which is rounder in proportion to the Salmon, 

 of a reddish hue when in season ; it has small 

 fine scales, beautifully intermixed with rich red 

 and black spots on both sides of the lateral 

 lines, from head to tail, and its handsome head 

 is spotted over, as also the covers of the gills ; 

 the tail is shorter, and not so much forked as 

 the salmon, and the fins are very strong. The 



