. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. ^4 AMKRIOAN FISHES. AUDOMINAL MALACOI'TERYOII. SALMON IDX I %. ^i/-^;? Salmom Pinkii up 10 ilz montbt old. ? THE SALMON. Tme COMMON SALMON, THE TRUE SALMON PiNKi first year, Smolt, second year. Peal' or Griub, second autumn,—Salmo Salar, Auotoruh, British Fishes, vol. ii. p. 1. PeKay, vol. iv. Although this noble fish has never been made the subject, so far as I know, of any of the strange and monstrous fables which ha
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. ^4 AMKRIOAN FISHES. AUDOMINAL MALACOI'TERYOII. SALMON IDX I %. ^i/-^;? Salmom Pinkii up 10 ilz montbt old. ? THE SALMON. Tme COMMON SALMON, THE TRUE SALMON PiNKi first year, Smolt, second year. Peal' or Griub, second autumn,—Salmo Salar, Auotoruh, British Fishes, vol. ii. p. 1. PeKay, vol. iv. Although this noble fish has never been made the subject, so far as I know, of any of the strange and monstrous fables which have obtained concerning many others of the inhabitants of the waters—as for instance the Pike, of which old Izuak tells us, " it is not to be doubted, but that they are bred, some by generation, and some not, as namely, of a weed called pickerel-weed, unless learned Gessner bo much mistaken ; for he says, this weed and other glutinous matter, with the help of the sun's heat, in some particular months, and some ponds adapted for it by nature, do become Pikes"—still, until within the last few years, very little has been known with certainty concerning him in his infancy, and during the earlier stages of his growth. " The Salmon," says Izaak Walton, " is accounted the king of fresh-water fish, and is ever bred in rivers rela^ng to the sea, yet so high or far from it as to admit no tincture of salt or brackishncss. He is said to breed or cast his spawn, in most rivers, in the month of ll. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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