io6 THE HABITS OF THE SALMON. 



proportionately warm in rivers that are not snow- 

 fed, this is not the case in the rivers that are thus 

 supplied, as the temperature of snow-water is so 

 low, that it is very little modified . by atmospheric 

 conditions on its passage to the sea. In Norway, 

 and in the north of Scotland, it would appear that 

 salmon are acclimatized to cold weather and snow- 

 water. In Norway, in particular, there are rivers 

 that are fed by snow during the whole of the 

 summer months, when the salmon will take flies and 

 baits quite freely. They will also do so in many 

 rivers that are snow-fed in the north of Scotland 

 during the spring months, whereas in the more 

 southern rivers of the United Kingdom, a salmon 

 fisherman will hardly think it worth his while 

 wetting his line in snow-water. 



There are many conditions of weather each having 

 an effect on the appetite of salmon; an east wind 

 at any time, particularly during the months 

 of September and October, accompanied by a 

 warm temperature and a hazy, blue atmosphere j 



