Svurrrroriry UnNcHaALtENGeEp. 377 
THE SALMON. 
Thave endeavored to illustrate the marks and forms of the 
salmon in its different stages, concluding that pictorial illus- 
trations from life are more comprehensible than explanations 
in letter-press, especially to the student at angling, who has 
not enjoyed many summers since he first wet a line for sal- 
mon, and heard the beautiful music of the reel, so charmingly 
described by Stoddart : 
“A whirr! a whirr! the salmon’s out 
Far on the rushing river ; 
He storms the stream with edge of might, 
And, like a brandished sword of light, 
Rolls plashing o'er the surges white, 
A. desperate endeavor ! 
Hark to the music of the reel! 
The fitful and the grating ; 
It pants along the breathless wheel, 
Now hurried, now abating.” 
THE SWORD-FISH. 
