SALMON IN JAPAN. 35 



SALMOIS" IN JAPAN. 



(SALMO SALAR.) 



No person, I am certain no gentleman, ever 

 disputes the nobility of the salmon ; he is an 

 universal favorite Avith all, whether they be disciples 

 of Isaac Walton or believers in Dr. Johnson's 

 interpretation of the word "fisherman," As this 

 noble fish is so universally popular, it may not be 

 without interest to many of the readers of " Gun, 

 Rod, and Saddle," to know that he is more univer- 

 sally scattered over this world than is generally 

 supposed, and that he is a highly appreciated article 

 of food, and of great commercial value, in countries 

 so far distant from our island home that we may 

 almost with safety call him a cosmopolitan of the 

 northern hemisphere. 



That the salmon was found in abundance in all 

 rivers in America, from the Hudson Kiver, New 

 York, northward, all probably are aware j that he 



