SALMON. 
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is sent to the London markets by the same ship, 
and the baskets again filled with fresh salmon, in the 
room of the stale ones. 
The season for fishing in the Tweed begins about 
the thirtieth of November, and ends on Michael- 
mas-day. There are on the river above forty con- 
siderable fisheries, extending upwards about four- 
teen miles from the mouth. These were rented 
several years ago at upwards of ten thousand 
pounds; consequently the annual produce to de- 
fray the expenses could not have been less than 
twenty times that sum of fish ; so that above two 
hundred thousand salmon must have been caught 
there one year with another. 
Scotland is rich in fine fisheries, and several laws 
were enacted in early times to preserve the fish ; 
for in the reign of James the Fourth, the third of- 
fence was made capital. Before that time the 
offender had power to redeem his life. A consi- 
derable fishery is likewise carried on at Cranna in 
Ireland ; the place is situated on the river Ban, 
about a mile and a half from Coleraine. In this 
river they fish with nets eighteen score yards long, 
and are continually drawing night and day the 
whole season, which lasts about four months, two 
sets, of sixteen men each, alternately relieving one 
another. The best drawing is when the tide flows, 
at which time it is said that eight hundred and 
forty fish were once taken at a single draught. 
In several countries salmon form a great article 
of commerce, and are cured either by salting, 
