THE DRIFFIEXD ANGLER. 



contrivance, they soon grow sickly, lean and 

 languid, and in the second year pine away 

 and die. 



It is worth observation, that the Salmon is 

 not only desirous of returning back to the ri- 

 vers, but that very river where it was spawn- 

 ed ; as is evident from experiments made by 

 fishermen on the river Tay, who have caught 

 them when very small, and have run a small 

 brass wire through the tail fin, by which mark 

 they have been certain that they have taken the 

 same fish at the same place as they returned 

 from the sea ; by this means they have like- 

 wise discovered that the Salmon is of very 

 quick growth, and much more so than any 

 other fish. 



The chief rivers in England that yield this 

 excellent fish, are the Thames, Severn, Mer- 

 sey, Trent, Medway, Dee, Ex, Uske, Wye, 

 Don, Tyne, Workington, and Tweed; how- 

 ever the London markets are supplied soonest 

 from the North, where they are not only 



