3jfJ TE*E SALMOIfc, 



Among feveral nations the faloion has difFerent nam'ejj 

 according to the age of the fifli. The ancients diilin- 

 gulflied them mto falmones, fariones^ ^ndfalares, accord- 

 ing to their age *. In England, the inhabitants of Tork-i 

 jlnre call thofe of the firll year, fmelis ; of the fecond, 

 Iprods ; of the third, morts ; of the fourth, fork-tails ; 

 and of the fifth, half filh ; for it is not till the lixth year 

 that this animal attains its full fize. 



There are falmon-fiftieries in Iceland, Norway, and 

 Lapland \ \ but no where are they carried on to greater 

 extent than in By-itain and Ireland; the fiihery of Co/- 

 ra'me in tlie latter kingdom being an inexhauftible fund 

 of provifion and of wealth. 



The long migrations of the falmon at the {pawning 

 feafon is, perhaps, the mofl extraordinary part of its 

 hiftory. It annually mounts rivers, fometimes to the 

 diftance of feveral hundred miles, till it finds a place in 

 their gravelly bed, fit for depofiting the feeds of a future 

 family. There are hardly any obilru£lions which it will 

 not overcome, to attain this purpofe. It eafily makes its 

 way againll: the moil rapid current, and will leap up ca- 

 taracts of an aflonifning height. In endeavouring to fur- 

 mount thele perpendicular falls, it often fails in the at- 

 tempt, and tumbles back into the water, and thus is in 

 ibme places caught in baflcets placed below the current. 



The manner of depofitlng their fpawn, after having 



performed thefe arduous journies, is curious. When a 



proper place is feleded for the purpofe, the male and fe- 



i male 



• Tcq'ie inter gcminas fpecies ncutrumq. & utnimque, 

 Qui iiec,dum Salmo, ncc jam Salar, ambiguufque ; 

 Aniborum, medio Fario, intercepts fub Kvo. AusoN,- 



f Hadduyt, Voy. I. 416, 



