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right down upon Laracha Ban, as if towards spawning 

 ground, in the genial month of August : but never again 

 shall he enjoy his love. See ! he turns up a side like a 

 house. Ay, that is, indeed, a most commodious landing- 

 place, and ere he is aware of water too shallow to hide his 

 back fin, will be whallopping upon the yellow sand." 



The Salmonia of Sir Humphrey Davy, was published in 

 1828. It is an interesting work; and furnishes us with 

 many observations on the natural instincts of fish ; on the 

 natural influence of lights and shadows on our judgments 

 of external things ; and on a variety of matters and things, 

 which suggested themselves to his highly cultivated and 

 philosophical mind. The author tells us, the work was 

 written during several months of severe illness, and that it 

 constituted his amusement in many hours, which otherwise 

 would have been unoccupied and tedious. On this circum- 

 stance Sir Walter Scott, in reviewing ' Salmonia ' observes 

 that " the languid hours, in which lassitude succeeds to 

 pain, are more interesting and instructive than the exertion 

 of the talents *of others, whose minds and bodies are in 

 the fullest vigour." 



The collection of songs, called the ' Fisher's Garland/ 

 published at intervals at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, are worthy 

 of notice. They amount to about twenty -five in number ; 

 one being published, every year, from that of 1821, to 1845. 

 The number of copies of each song struck off the press 

 was only about twenty, and were chiefly confined to the 

 members of an Angling club, who were the original con- 



