25a THE SALMOIJ. 



angler takes them fuccefsfully with the fiy, the worm, 

 or fmall filli, an evident proof that thefe are the aniurais 

 on which thej feed. 



At Berxrick on tlie river V'weed, the capture of the 

 falmon is immenft; during tlie nionth of July. At that 

 feafon, they are faked, and barrelled up for exportation : 

 Even the immenfe confurnption of London not being able 

 to keep pace with the vail loads that are daily taken. 



Upon the l^weed there are above forty diflerent 

 filherics, extending about fourteen miles up the river, 

 which are rented at the fum of 5400 1, annually: The 

 expence of fifliing-tackle, fervants wages, and other re- 

 quiiites, amount nearly to an equal fum ; fo that upwards 

 of ic,4Col. mud be obtained by the different Icffccs, 

 before they can clear their c^pences ; and hence, 208,000 

 falmon mull be caught there, upon an average, every 

 year, before any profit can accrue to the tenants. 



The fidiing feafon commences on the 30th Novem- 

 ber, and ends on Michaelmas day< The corporation of 

 Berwick are confervators of the fifhery, part of which be- 

 longs to that town. The river being the boundary of 

 the two nations, the whole north fide is Scotch proper* 



The rivers both of Scotland and Ireland abound with 

 thefe fifii ; and a pretty exteniive capture is made in 

 fome of them. The mode of preferving them is nearly 

 the fame with that praccifed in Berwick, and the markets 

 are fitnilar ; for in thefe kingdoms they begin to export 

 during the fummer months, after the London market is 

 fupplied. Very fevere laws were cnaclcd in Scotland 

 for the prefervation of falmon. So late as the reign of 



James 



* Vide Britifh Zoology, Gci\ xxxiii. 



