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At Lillingston Lovel two salmon were taken in 

 a small brook, which may be stepped over, (a 

 branch of the Ouse,) one a yard long, and the 

 other a little less. The curious would be glad to 

 know how they came there, IK ur two hundred 

 miles from the sea. Plot's Natural History of 

 Oxford. 



The abundance of salmon is so great in the 

 Kamtschatka rivers, as to force the water before 

 them, and dam up the streams so as to make 

 them overflow their banks, and great quantities 

 of salmon are left on the dry ground, if it was 

 not for violent winds, assisted by the bears and 

 wild dogs feeding on them, the fish left would 

 soon produce a pestilence, their stench is so 

 powerful. Daniel. 



In the famous cruives, or weirs, for taking 

 salmon in the river Galway, where they are kept 

 until sold, in a large pool supplied with running 

 water, it is a most beautiful spectacle to watch 

 them playing about. Angler in Ireland. 



By the appellation of white and red fish, the 

 peasantry distinguish the salmon of Goolamore, 

 when in and out of season ; indeed, the colour is 

 such a perfect indicative of health, that any per- 

 son who has frequented a salmon river will, on 

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