THE SALMON. 
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“ He seems fairly tired, I shall bring him into shore. Now 
gaff him ; strike as near the tail as you can. He is safe ; we 
must prepare him for tlio pot. Give him a stunning blow on 
the head, to deprive him of sensation ; and then give him a 
transverse cut, just below the gills and crimp him, by cutting, 
so as almost to divide him into slices, and hold him by the 
tail that he may bleed. There is a small spring I see, close 
under that bank, which I dare say has the mean temperature 
of the atmosphere in this climate, and is much under fifty de- 
grees ; place him there, and let him remain ten minutes, and 
then carry him to the pot and let the water and salt boil furi- 
ously, before you put in a slice ; and give time for the water 
to recover its heat before you put in another ; leave the head 
out, and throw in the thickest pieces first ” 
