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THE WORLD OF ANIMAL LIFE 



The life-history of the salmon is a very remarkable one. Like 

 all other fishes, it comes from an egg. This egg, with a great 

 number of others, is placed by the mother salmon in a furrow 

 in the sandy bed of a river. How this furrow is made is not 

 ascertained, some observers saying that both parents dig it out 



Salmon 



I, Egg; 2, Egg (magnified); 3, Fry (magnified); 4, Parr; 5, Smolt; 6, Grilse; 

 7, Common Salmon (male); 8, Common -Salmon (female). 



with their snouts, and others that it is produced by the tail of the 

 mother only. After the eggs are laid — an operation which takes 

 ten or twelve days — the parent leaves them, and rests quietly for a 

 time to recover strength. 



In due time the eggs hatch. At first the little fish is not at 

 all like its parents, having no scales, and being quite transparent. 

 For some time it does not eat, its mouth not being properly 



