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Salmon (Arthur L.), viv. 
We know nothing of this author. His work under- 
mentioned forms one of a series of “ Little Guides.” 
[1903.] Cornwall . . . with illustrations by B. C. Boulter. London 
(Methuen), n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. 12mo, pp. x + pp. 288, map. 
P. 10 deals with Cornish fauna ; the ornithological matter is 
trivial, and we are informed that “ till lately there were three 
species of eagle ” ! 
Salmon (Nathaniel), 1675-1742 
N. Salmon, the son of Thomas Salmon ( 1648 - 1706 ), 
divine and author, was educated at Corpus Christi College, 
Cambridge ; LL.B. 1695 ; entered Holy Orders, but resigned 
his curacy of Westmill in 1714 , and took up the practice of 
medicine. He also published historical and antiquarian 
works. 
1736. Antiquities | of | Surrey, | collected from the most ancient | 
Records. | With some account of the present State and | Natural 
History of the County. | by N. Salmon, LL.B. [quotation and 
device] London : | printed for the Author, m.dcc.xxxvi. | 
Price Bound five shillings. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. viii un. +pp. 204 +pp. 4 un. index. 
Note. — Very slight mention of ornithology ; on p. 66 he refers to 
the supposed abundance of crows at Crowhurst, and on p. 138 he 
writes, Here is Charte, next to Hindhead, a wild and desolate 
hill whose heath, like those of Wales, affords sometimes the 
Red-game upon it.” Bucknill, in his Birds of Surrey, considers this 
should refer to Black, not Red Grouse : cf. Introduction, p. xliv. 
Salmon (William), 1644-1712 
William Salmon, born June 2 , 1644 , started life as an 
irregular practitioner near the Smithfield gate of St. Bar- 
tholomew’s Hospital, where he “ treated all diseases, sold 
special prescriptions of his own, as well as drugs in general, 
cast horoscopes, and professed alchemy ” {vide Diet. Nat. 
Biog.). In 1684 he moved to “ the Blue Balcony by the 
ditch side, near Holborn Bridge.” His writings are numerous 
and varied, but only the one undernoted relates at all to our 
