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the well-known fishmonger, of Parliament Street, informs 

 me that he has had Salmon in his possession weighing 

 upwards of 60 Ibs. Salter, in one of his works on Angling, 

 refers to the capture of a Salmon of 70 Ibs. in the Thames 

 near Laleham in the year 1789, which was subsequently 

 sold to Mr. Howel, a fishmonger in the Minories, for a 

 shilling a pound. The fact of the taking of this fish is 

 confirmed by Mr. Wright, who says that he went off in a 

 boat to see it, and found it " enveloped in nets between 

 two punts which were kept apart by short spars lashed 

 head and stern." 



Some very large Salmon have been occasionally caught 

 with the rod. One is noticed by Mr. Lascelles, as taken 

 in Scotland, which weighed 54| Ibs.* The late Sir Hyde 

 Parker captured one in Sweden weighing 60 Ibs. A 

 Salmon was caught by Sir H. Davy above Yairbridge in 

 the Tweed, of the weight of 42 Ibs.f ; and a former Earl 

 of Home took another from the same waters of the un- 

 equalled weight of 70 Ibs. within a few ounces. 



Not a little singular are the chances by which Salmon 

 and other fish are occasionally killed. A few years ago an 

 8-lb. Salmon was caught on a light trouting-rod through 

 the casting-line having formed a running noose round its 

 tail ; and the same thing has also occurred in several in- 

 stances with Trout and Chub. I once knew a Pike of 

 9 Ibs. weight taken by the gimp of a spinning-trace twist- 



* Letters on Sporting, Part i. p. 21. 



t Stoddart's Art of Angling in Scotland. 



