AND HOW TO CATCH THEM. 7 



are often taken in the midst of the breakers by placing 

 a large flat stone, with the line attached, in the broken 

 water where the fish feed. The line should then be 

 brought to land, and the stone drawn by it towards 

 the shore, as the tide and breakers advance and the 

 fish follow, few being caught beyond the surf. 



Salmon and Sea Trout. 



FAM., Salmonidce. 



It is not my intention here to deal at any length 

 with the history of the various members of the 

 salmon family, as found by sportsmen, travellers, and 

 naturalists, to inhabit alternately the sea and fresh 

 water rivers of this and other parts of the world, that 

 matter having already been most ably dealt with by 

 naturalists who have written on the subject. "Well 

 may the salmon be styled the king of fish, as none 

 surpass, and few equal him and the royal family to 

 which he belongs in the various kinds of sport they 

 afford the true lover of fishing. And well may the 

 salmon fisherman, who is thoroughly skilled in the art 

 as practised with the rod and line, be considered a 

 king amongst fishermen. 



The differences between the spawning times in par- 

 ticular rivers, the markings of the young fry, &c., have 

 been so fully entered into of late by gentlemen into 

 whose able hands the laws for the protection of this 

 beautiful and valuable fish have been wisely placed 



