I4-Ó Tïï'e 'hl A TU RA L H I S T O RY- o f ■
the fecond Yisar a Sprod, the third'•> a Mort, ' the fourth ji
Forkïkïl, the fifth a Runner, and éhfc-fialth W&Ittkfè&W-.
iheirsÜèrt that th¥\SdlM&n éêéiësf to its MaihMl?y
Year, and th’e 'MartPpFérkPatls and Runners are ai diftindt
fpeeics of Salmon, and will never attain to the lÜW pM I
Éèlmonp andthat tócaófe-|l#th%3
veral of thefe have been,put into Ponds, and never arriv’d
to any other pitch of great nefsA Now it is ëertaig -that
the1 Salmon are always beftr'and’growf mbfipwhefi 'they
im m e d ia te J thein^ofitïibkhëë
in fiefh Waters they ft ill decline, and i^xTeaher; WMeh
th^|[lltf^uit the Seats* their Flëfh
and at that tiihe theyhavfeoften abundahGdwhïtl^ïSMs
upon them, which the Fifliermen call \h¥Saïmon-& 0 fè,
!anditis theftitliat ffiè föfefl: itffea-foh :-
adtly tell you, by obferving of thefe, how long they have
left; the Seas, but upon their continuance - dong • hYfthé
Frelhes they become ext-reamly lean, and not atallpalatable;
lb that ’tis probable -iJf thefe Moffe and Sprrnf whichWëre
fafeeninto Ponds, and didhofreïfcféafèat allf «tlt^ISfeffilie
they were out* o f their proper Foody*and; >10 fiionft^Tyntly
inftcad of^öwihg'did^^É^ciati'^^^feèaöft'Ö^ral^W'liBn
they defëftedithe fait Water, ’twaséotlte'anycFöodd^y
expected - in firelh RiverS,hu t indeed to f daëht hé Shatló^isf a's
well for the prefervation as propagation öf'thêir-F#y,^hich
in the Deeps would be deftroy’d by other Fillies: fo admirable
.is the Conduct of Providence1 even in the nieaflêft'of
Créaturesa -: Tho’ the Rivers are'ffrequently ftemm’d and
barricado’d with Wearés'of a confidérable height, yet ’tis
wonderfulito oblbrve how they will leap over thele to gain
the Shallows, to depofite their Spawn: fince therefore the
pmeltcom.es down from the Shallows, and makes towards
the lalt Waters, ’tis probable that the frelh Rivers are dif-
agrebable to them; and fince the Sprod feems to be the fame
Filh of another Years.growth, and the reft likewife gradually
till they compleat the Salmon it felf, I am rather inclin’d
L M N C A S i l l R E , C H E S H 1 R E, &c. i^ t
Alin’d to -adhere to thre former Opinion, for why Jkould not
there in this, as in other Creatures, be a gradual Rnereaife?
I apprehend not any^oBviaeing. Rbafon to the/contrary,
nor do I believe Nature here alters her eftablilh’d Methods
in arriving to a full Growth and Maturity.
; ^ « ^ t is z te iffifa and that i% found
in W inder-M et in atodijis- where
I know of,- except in Gotinm^M - Meet in Fanckfinfe.
t t i s F ift m ffcry hiafikba hifm*h ■ m p f ifaeeElelh &
ninth mo-rered/and when Potted, ’tisanOftdditiotrs Meat *
o f idsefe grefet'^aantitiis late yearly 'fent w L^doM, fmm.
MeddaM and J ”ils fhkewife'ofefbryahle-Adt-thse&
Fi&es aye only >&mnd in part of. Wmder»Mm-s the
other part being deftittite of th ^ n , -whyi jMitaps toiayjfee
oxrcafion d by the PMes- Jtaketi there;' in great ^ukndti#.
3}heife ik‘ andthele Fiih taken there not unlike the£jbat, but
fdfflethMg fcfsj inor is/the j^leii ^uii^ibYed. The Water
is extraordinary, cleat, and Contains; ftyefai Shall lllands,
ifl -onsyrf* which-Sr*. >0 Jtflopb&r rgfidfedi? and
in another a te rm ite , a Relation of Sr. Frknois Ssctwcole's,
who for fomeYears fubfifted oiily on RoOts/aiM Fiili, and
neydr went to Fed, but is now dead.
'What fkrfher may hdifaid in Elation tOMhei^yyitvas
communicated to me by -my honour’d FsieM add Relation
®£. ‘Bd*iel Flemming o f dtydadp fjn '< # # $ # •
■mrelaitd. cWinder-Meer 0ayshe)iat6(nr#ng-t©!thei%|#®
hi dome think tosbe lb denof
minated from the great Winds frOytieht there, bthersfjrdih
'it s winding and turning in and oht, :ind.ot&eVS#©m a
f Potions ;Kame, as ^ as tto&b of T b ^ a ^ e v rP m » *
f calY&Gbnin$ttmWetter W.LancaJbire^ and-that’ o f
*oowftiled U/siWater ih Oionfieflandfwhidh&t&b6tit ttda.£
therein toy Which inakesdthe laft Conjedluffig itire moft.
c probable.
This ijMgb* La^p’Ot fflebt? ih ahontca Mifei® breadth,
and ten Miles in length, wirh’great yarietp n f crooked
CKi. O o Banks,