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that they may femetlmes Based; in tóveis alfe; fottthey aié found
m the midRof Germa#ty, and upper parts of the Rhine, »Boat
Balei j but we ate -very well aflured that the Salmoftchiefly eje&s
its roe at the mouthy of rivers, where they empty theinfélf ek into
the fea, or a little wa}» beyond , in'the fait tyateiyintbis' manner:
Br«d. they bend themlelvea crooked, in order tdejeéfe the toe at an aperture
under the belly, and', in the mean' time, they ftick their
heads down hk the fand, that they may have the more ftrength.
The male comés p.refentiy after, to keep olf other Filh from devouring
the roe, and he. there bends his head towards the tail, and
eje&s his fperm upon the roe: The Cod, Herring,: and: Other
Filh that have roes, probably breed in the lame manner : but as
that is done in deeper waterwit is not lo ealily pbferved as in the
Salmon.
The milt, which is alfo called the milt df other -Fllhes, is
enclofed in a collection of many.lkall and .flne iiieÊdiSlell^tithöf
which that whitifli fluid is Iqueezed ; but the mkë'Siüfaöti’s
milt is in one inafs, and looks like liver. They lay the Salmon
is fix years in growing to
feet long, and weighs from twenty-five to-fifty pounds. In'thè
rivers o f Mandals and Tannefiord are found the iatteft and bell
about the whole Norway coaft, but they are found alio in the
Spring almoft every where. They are in great plenty from the
middle of April to the middle of July, at whkh^ime they^dme
in flioals, and leek the rivers, partly to refrelh thêmfelvéi in frelh
water, and partly to rub, or walh oflj in the ftrong currents,'1 and
deep water-falls, a kind of greenifh vermin, called Salmon lice,
that, get in between their fins, and plague them in the Spring
fealbn.4
P & fM Thefe infc&s are wifely defigned by the Great Creator, fo drift*
this rich and Valuable Filh, as it were, into the hands of mah-
The method kind, whoufe feveral arts to Catch them. We have, within thefe
of catching It. few yeaiSi iQ thefe parts, begun to catch them with a kind of large
net, fet with mahy bends and angles } but this method ófRnmiT
carries, though feme times it fiacceeds, and they will take two or
three hundred at a time. The old and common4 way is, to catch
them in a net, fpread at the mouth of a river, which falls with a
firong current into the lea, and is therefore haunted bv the Salmon
for the jpurpofes above-mentioned. They e-ome thither on-
feeing the rapidity of the water, and the- white foam; but as
thefe opportunities are not every where to be met with, they allure
the Filh by art, and decoy. him into their hands,- tty making a
part óf thó rock white. They lay the Salmon has, a great averfion
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the 1toay‘‘,^.fe4éfei#:ó'r;
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fgrfacé, Xföjf MoÏÏg'èin, éfmtr
fyëy'4^fi(■.thf.gvt( tnemfiéf^i? Rït'dïf,sf.öhë ïitfo^'4tftïditiJ.tfiÉ|
goflure work themfbiy^s ‘fHï'ófign &ey teaphi deeper water.
Wè'fee4itilföjsytheifïiöli''anRsfitSfylffi§^py S^airtfi thé' Rream,
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tilth a 4<^féade<‘rb f ?dlir 'm^Wè4 flfet^h^H",!% e y itè ^fiöt1 rflètëri?ed
from purfuing their courfe, but will raife. themfelVeé Uptight,'
and, leap with filch violen^j.that they lurmouKL this "obftacle.
Hèffce 'poflibly its Latin name Salmo is derived from Salio, to
^ PARt II. M m leap.