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The Salmon of the largest size killed by angling of which 

 I have been able to collect particulars, are, in the Thames, 

 October 3, 1812, at Shepperton Deeps, Mr. G. Marshall, of 

 Brewer-street, London, caught and killed a Salmon with a 

 single gut, without a landing-net, that weighed twenty-one 

 pounds four ounces. 



Sir H. Davy used occasionally to visit the Tweed for the 

 sake of angling for Salmon. This river is famed for afford- 

 ing amusement to the Salmon fisher, more especially from 

 the middle of March to the beginning of May. " We have 

 heard," says Mr. Stoddart, in his Art of Angling as prac- 

 tised in Scotland, " that on one occasion Sir H. Davy hap- 

 pened by good fortune to hit upon an immense fish, weigh- 

 ing about forty-two pounds, immediately above Yair-bridgi 1 , 

 and captured him after a serere struggle. This feat he 

 makes no mention of in his Salmonia, although certainly wor- 

 thy of some notice." 



Mr. Lascelles, in his Letters on Sporting, Part I. Angling, 

 says at page 21, " The largest Salmon 1 ever knew taken 

 with a fly was in Scotland : it weighed fifty-four pounds and 

 a half." 



It may be stated generally, that Salmon pass the summer 

 in the sea, or near the mouth of the estuary : in autumn they 

 push up rivers, diverging to the tributary streams ; in winter 

 they inhabit the pure fresh water, and in spring descend 

 again to the sea. The question has frequently arisen, Could 

 Salmon be preserved permanently in fresh water ? and from 

 some facts to be adduced, it appears that they might, but not 

 without some diminution in size or quality, or both. 



Mr. Lloyd, in his Field Sports of the North of Europe, 

 vol. i. p. 301, says, " Near Katrineberg there is a valuable 

 fishery for Salmon, ten or twelve thousand of these fish being 

 taken annually. These Salmon arc bred in a lake, and, 



