LESSONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND HABITS 

 OF THE SALMON. 



The following series of articles upon artificial 

 and natural salmon breeding, appeared in Bell's Life 

 in London, weeMy newspaper, in January, February 

 and March of the present year. '^ They embody an 

 account of what has been done in Great Britain, in 

 relation to artifical breeding, and present some facts 

 not found in the translations of the French works 

 contained in this volume : 



LESSON I. 



HOW TO PKESEEVE AND BREED IT AKTIFICIALLT. 



At last the salmon is attracting, practically, pubKc 

 attention. Its present scarcity, compared with its 

 past abundance, is the cause. If prevention had 

 been practised — ohsta in principiis — stop the evil in 

 the beginning — it would not now be necessary to ap- 

 ply somewhat costly remedies. Happily real and 

 effective measures are found, and all that is required 



