. Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident;. Salmon-fishing. APPENDIX. 291 ]Marvellous stories are told of the great heights which sahnon Avill leap in order to sumioimt the obstacles which nature or art may have erected between the lower parts of a stream and the upper waters which are suited to breeding purposes. Natural historians used gravely to tell us that salmon, in order to jump high, were in the habit of placing their tails in their mouths, and. CANADIAN SALIION LBvU-S. then bending themseh'cs like a bow, bound out of the water to a considerable distance, from twelve to twenty feet. Th
. Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident;. Salmon-fishing. APPENDIX. 291 ]Marvellous stories are told of the great heights which sahnon Avill leap in order to sumioimt the obstacles which nature or art may have erected between the lower parts of a stream and the upper waters which are suited to breeding purposes. Natural historians used gravely to tell us that salmon, in order to jump high, were in the habit of placing their tails in their mouths, and. CANADIAN SALIION LBvU-S. then bending themseh'cs like a bow, bound out of the water to a considerable distance, from twelve to twenty feet. The late Mr. Scrope, inhisbeautiful book " Daj's and Nights of Salmon Fishing," calculates that six feet in height is more than the average sjiring of salmon, though he conceives that very large in deep water could leap much higher. He says, " Large fish can leap much higher than small ones; but their powers are limited or augmented U 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adamson, William Agar, 1800-1866?; Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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