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The Salmon 



tined in tanks succeeded in jumping out, whilst others merely swam 

 round and round as if seeking tor an exit. Should such be made in a 



pond, or even in a large loch, 



smelts would quickly hnd it out 



and make their way seawards. 



After a parr becomes a smolt 



; it never loses its sih"ery scales 



; again. All those I have ever 



caught were like a bar of siK'er 



i both in summer and in winter. 



; During April and May they rise 



t freely to fly, but after this they 



: begin to become bottom-feeders. 



: When hooked with fly they 



I give good sport, cutting through 



[ the water like a knife, and 



i then jumping several times out 



; of it. 



: S.\lml>x Fekdinli IX Fkksh 



: A great deal ot nonsense 



I has been talked about salmon 

 ^ teeding in Iresh water. I have 

 ^ had ample opportunity of watch- 

 j ing salmon all my life, from 

 : the time they enter fresh water 

 till their return to the sea, 

 and I have given close atten- 

 tion to the subject, and have 

 no hesitation in stating that 

 during the salmon's sojourn in fresh water it does not require to feed. 

 It does seem strange, of course, that a fish coming up a river in 



