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very singular to commtinicate to my readers — some- 

 thing that will induce them to fancy that the habits 

 of salmon are not the same in all rivers and coun- 

 tries. I have occasionally fancied so myself, and 

 supposition is now almost converted into belief 

 By what means ? I will show yon, reader, in a few 

 minutes. 



There have appeared lately two large imperial 

 octavo volumes, beautifully printed, and most pro- 

 fusely, ornamentally, and usefully illustrated, pub- 

 lished by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, pub- 

 Hsher in ordinary to her Majesty. The title of this 

 superb, interesting, and instructive work is, Scandi- 

 navian Adventures during a Residence of Twenty 

 Years, by L. Lloyd, author of Field Sports of the 

 North. The title-page farthers tells, and truly 

 tells, that the volumes " represent sporting inci- 

 dents, and subjects of natural history, and devices 

 for entrapping wild animals ; with some account of 

 the northern fauna." A large portion of the first 

 volume is occupied with the history, habits, and 

 modes of capture of the fish of Scandinavia. For 

 the present I shall confine myself to a portion of 

 what the author writes about salmon. Chapter VI. 

 is devoted to that fish, and commences thus : — " The 

 natural history of the salmon tribe having of late 

 years excited much interest in England, I cannot 

 do better than to devote a chapter to some remarks, 

 the result of an attentive study of their habits for 

 several consecutive years, recorded by my gifted 



