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THE ANGLER-NATURALIST. 



sected at considerable distances by transverse steps of wood 

 or stonCj each intersection crossing about two-thirds of the 



whole widthj and the fish are thus^ step by step, taken up to 

 a height of 30 or 35 feet^ or higher if necessary. 



One of the most singular of the habits of the Salmon in 

 rivers is that of affecting from generation to generation 

 particular spots, and even individual stones. ^Vlmost all 

 Salmon streams contain several such gites, known perhaps 

 only to the poachers of the neighbourhoodj or local fisher- 

 men ; and such is the partiality of the fish for them, that 

 if one tenant is caught, another almost immediately takes 

 its place, sometimes within half an hour afterwards. 

 When fish were running freely, I have known as many as 

 three to be taken in the same day from behind a single 



