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SA.I.MON. 
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co.p„ie, rf “ 
the year ru. f„,.m^Ti!? it it sometimes happens that 
.dd, i„.po,«M; “ t"2ng t^c »1» while choosing a 
fierce encounters take place amoug 
0 „ L in doing which it would appear hat a stron* 
Somsed sentmen, has had an Muence m tornnng he 
choice; and in every instance, j J' ’ Ihe 
orthe vannnished, but when the dUancc .. formed the 
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l„°w' .“«dmate’’3r7n. tht T neitli^lhow nor 
dot »d it should he ^ - “t^oT ::n“ 
h.f » w -ddied whh. 
More than one couple may chance to choose the same neigh- 
i:? “VfLm Tuc^? cri : «i 
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“History of the Salmon,” by Ephemera, it is affirmed tha 
the snJut is made to perform an important pait in t 
oneration, by ploughing up the ground in order to its 
remoyal; bul this is discredited by others, and there is no 
doubt of the office of the tail, which becomes excoriated y 
swiping aside the gravel so that the current may remove 1 
out li the way, and again by covering over the deposit. Th 
Ilf of this channel is made directly against the stream, and 
the work is not accomplished in one effort, but the grains 
fipd into it at intervals, so as to require several dap, or 
Ten a fortnight for the completion, the cause of whic is 
