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  rather 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific-slope, 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  

   contrary, 
  were 
  known 
  to 
  ascend 
  rivers 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  

   at 
  times 
  reached 
  a 
  very 
  high 
  temperature. 
  Contrary 
  to 
  our 
  

   expectations, 
  the 
  true 
  salmon 
  have 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

   River 
  in 
  some 
  abundance, 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  adults 
  having 
  been 
  

   taken 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  in 
  this 
  river. 
  On 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  

   the 
  11th 
  of 
  May, 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  Farr, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gillers 
  of 
  Havre- 
  

   de-Grace, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  furnishing 
  us 
  with 
  

   the 
  ripe 
  shad 
  taken 
  in 
  his 
  gill-net, 
  secured 
  the 
  first 
  adult 
  sal- 
  

   mon 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  any 
  record, 
  taken 
  in 
  Maryland 
  waters. 
  

   This 
  fish 
  w^as 
  a 
  female, 
  measuring 
  three 
  feet 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  weighing 
  about 
  seventeen 
  lbs., 
  fresh 
  run 
  from 
  

   the 
  sea. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  was 
  captured 
  oif 
  Spesutie 
  Island, 
  having 
  been 
  en- 
  

   tangled 
  in 
  the 
  gill-net, 
  which 
  was 
  much 
  torn, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Farr, 
  

   who 
  captured 
  it, 
  is 
  confident 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  other 
  fish 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  the 
  one 
  taken, 
  but 
  made 
  its 
  escape. 
  

  

  The 
  gillers 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  having 
  their 
  nets 
  much 
  torn 
  

   by 
  sturgeon, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  have 
  attributed 
  to 
  them 
  many 
  cas- 
  

   ualties 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  occasioned 
  by 
  salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  was 
  secured 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Milner, 
  directly 
  after 
  

   it 
  was 
  taken, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  A 
  

   plaster 
  cast 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  preserved 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  

  

  Should 
  the 
  true 
  salmon 
  appear 
  in 
  any 
  numbers, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   well 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  depositing 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Maryland 
  to 
  be 
  continued 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale. 
  This 
  fish 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  very 
  attractive 
  to 
  anglers, 
  but 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valua- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  fishes, 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   America 
  and 
  of 
  British 
  waters. 
  

  

  Land 
  Locked 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  12th 
  of 
  January 
  50,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  valuable 
  fish, 
  a 
  

   present 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Conimissioner, 
  were 
  received 
  

   at 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House. 
  On 
  unpacking 
  them 
  only 
  740 
  dead 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  found. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  all 
  hatched 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  