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THE SALMON'. 
angler takes them fuccefsfully with the fly, the worm, 
or fmall iilh, an evident proof that thefe are the animals 
on which they feed. 
At Ber%v:ck on the river 'Tweed, the capture of the 
falmon is immenfe during the month of July. At that 
feaion, they are failed, and barrelled up for exportation : 
Even the immenfe confumption of London not being able 
to keep pace with the valt loads that are daily taken. 
Upon the Tweed there are above forty different 
fitheiies, extending about fourteen miles up the river, 
which” are rented at the fum of 5400 1 . annually: The 
expence of fijhing- tackle, fer van towages, and other re- 
epaifnes, amount nearly to an equal fum; fo that upwards 
ot 10,400 1 . nnift be obtained by the different lcflees, 
before they can clear their expences ; and hence, 208,000 
falmon muff be caught there, upon an average, every 
year, before any profit can accrue to the tenants. 
The fi thing feafon commences on the 30th Novem- 
ber, and ends on Michaelmas day. The corporation of 
Berwick are conferyators of the fifhery, part of which be- 
longs to that town. The river being the boundary of 
the two nations, the whole north fide is Scotch proper- 
ty 
1 he rivers both of Scotland and Ireland abound with 
thefe fifh ; and a pretty exfenfive capture is made in 
fome ot them. Xhe mode of preferving them is nearly 
the fame with that pracfifecl in Berwick, and the markets 
are timilar; tor in thefe. kingdoms they begin to export 
during the fummer months, after the London market is 
fupplied. Very feverc laws were enafted in Scotland 
for the prefervation of falmon. So late as the reign of 
James 
v ide Brilifh Zoology, Gen. xxxiil. 
