THE SALMON. 



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SALMON. Salmo Salar, 



While they are occupied in this migration, the abandoned eggs are gradually 

 approaching maturity under the influence of warmth and the rushing waters, and after 

 a period, varying according to the temperature of the water, the young Salmon bursts 

 through its prison. It is then a tiny and almost transparent creature, hardly to be 

 recognized as a fish ; and being too feeble to employ the mouth in obtaining subsistence, 

 bears a portion of the egg still adhering to the abdomen like a transparent amber-colored 



