. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . *?HE SALrviOlT, 049 Genus XLVII.—Salmon. JThis family contains feventeen fpecies, many of vvhicliere perfeftly familiar to tlie inhabitants of this ifiand,being found in all its lakes, rivers, and (aores. The moftremarkable for beauty and utility is the common falmoii;whofe external figure may vie in elegance with that ofany fifti that fvvlms, and whofe. flefli is well known overall Kurope for its agreeable tafte and nutritive quality. A minute defcription of the parts of the common fal-rnoa would be fuper
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . *?HE SALrviOlT, 049 Genus XLVII.—Salmon. JThis family contains feventeen fpecies, many of vvhicliere perfeftly familiar to tlie inhabitants of this ifiand,being found in all its lakes, rivers, and (aores. The moftremarkable for beauty and utility is the common falmoii;whofe external figure may vie in elegance with that ofany fifti that fvvlms, and whofe. flefli is well known overall Kurope for its agreeable tafte and nutritive quality. A minute defcription of the parts of the common fal-rnoa would be fuperfluous. It is found over all the northof Europe and Afia^ from Britain to Ka^nfchatka * ; butdoes not venture into the warm or intratropical is frequent as far north as Greenland, and is feen inlome of the rivers of France ; but none have been caughtfo far fouth as the Mediterranea?i ■{. The falmon is an ocean fiHi, and therefore is onlyfound in thofe rivers and lakes that communicate withthe fea. As the ancient Grecians never extended theirempire to the ocea
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