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salmon, or other so-called migratory fish, leave our 

 coasts during those seasons when they disappear, 

 or rather, I should say, when they are not caught. 

 I am more inclined to think that they always con- 

 tinue in the same neighbourhood, retiring only to 

 the depths of the ocean, where they rest quietly, 

 safe from nets, instead of betaking themselves, as 

 the general opinion is, to the other end of the world. 



