. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 60 SALMON] THE SAL^EON. THE COMMON SALMON.—THE TRUE SALMON. Pink, first year ; Smalt, Hecond year ; Pekl or Griusb, hucoiuI autiiiiiii. Salinu Solar Auctorum, " Uritisli Fislics," vol. ii. p. I. Dekay, vol. iv. }. Salmon Pink:* up to Fix mont'.ii old. Although this noble fish has never been made the subjeci,, so far as I know, of any of the Htrange and monstrous fables which have obtained concerning many others of the inhabitants
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 60 SALMON] THE SAL^EON. THE COMMON SALMON.—THE TRUE SALMON. Pink, first year ; Smalt, Hecond year ; Pekl or Griusb, hucoiuI autiiiiiii. Salinu Solar Auctorum, " Uritisli Fislics," vol. ii. p. I. Dekay, vol. iv. }. Salmon Pink:* up to Fix mont'.ii old. Although this noble fish has never been made the subjeci,, so far as I know, of any of the Htrange and monstrous fables which have obtained concerning many others of the inhabitants of the waters—as for instance the Pike, of which old Izaak tells us, " it is not to be doubted, but that they arc bred, some by generation, and some not; as namely, of a weed called pickerel- weed, unless learned Gessner be much mistaken j 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 relating to the sea, yet so high or far from it as to admit no tincture of salt or. 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. London : R. Bentley
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