Spawn- 
ARSs 
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ee SAL MajOoN. — Gleam 
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At the latter end of the year, or in the month of 
November, the falmon begin to prefs up the rivers as 
far as they can reach, in order to fpawn; when that 
time approaches they fearch for a place fit for the 
purpofe: the male and female unite in forming a 
proper receptacle for it in the fand or gravel, about 
the depth of eighteen inches; in this the female de- 
pofits her fpawn, the male his milt, which they 
cover carefully, as it is faid, with their tails, for after 
fpawning they are obferved to have no fkin on that 
part. 
The fpawn lies buried till fpring, if not difturbed 
by violent floods; but the falmon haften to fea as 
foon as they are able, to purify and cleanfe them- 
felves, and to recover their ftreneth ; for after fpawn- 
ing they become very pepe and lean, and then are 
plied Kipper. 
About the latter end of March the fpawn begins 
to exclude the young, which gradually ingress to 
the length of four or five inches, and are then termed 
Smelts or Smouts: about the beginning of May, the 
river is full of them; it feems to be all alive; there _ 
is no having an idea of the numbers without feeing 
them; but a feafonable flood then hurries them all 
to the fea, fcarce any or very few being left in the 
river. 
About the middle of Fuze the earlieft of the fry 
begin to drop, as it were, into the river again from 
fe fea, at that time about twelve, ae. or fix- 
teen inches, and by a gradual progrefs, increafe in 
number and fize till about the end of Fuly, which 
is at Berwick termed the height of Gilfe time, the 
name 
