Show THE STORY OF THE SALMON said to deposit its eggs ln in its dative alver in the autumn tune time and onward to the beginning of the next year the mother salmon ascends the rivers to deposit her eggs and thus to secure the continuance of her race in connection with this periodical risk or visits to the river must be mentioned says chambers journal a very curious fact the idea is entertained very strongly by some authorities that a salmon invariably returns to its native river or ir that C in which it itis is bred athas it has even evea been as sorted by fishermen that when several rivers enter the sea in one stream as at bonar bridge for example the salmon bred inich in each river win will pass back into their own water and will avoid the strange streams the late frank buckland a strong believer in this instinct of the fish regarded the sense of smell as that which led it to its native river per liap laps the truth is that for the most part salmon shalmon do return to their own river but bet the he practice and habit babit are not necessarily invariable we know the fishes certainly ill swim great distances along lines where they ore lare captured in stake and bag nets and it may well be the case aise that now and then a fish will turn into a river that is near in preference to mekin seeking its own and arrived arrived in her river the mother salmon begins to scoop outa out a kind of trench in h the gravel of the streams stream this she ef fets by plowing into the grovel with her body this trench is to be bc the ts ursery of her young the eggs sr er dmd in the furrow andare and are duly fertilized by the asals tile Ea taron then the trench is filled in by the efforts of both bota parents arents the ets begs are covered with gravel fr ravel aad aa the mound laott Dil thus for termed is called in fishers language a redd how nacy vcra s mother salmon will deposit is c cf f pours dil i cul t question to determine lort cut a calculation maintains that tha h r reduces about eggs for every foaud aund she he brei weighs g hs each egg in ia its diameter measures about a quarter of an lach and it is ia estimated that eggs go to a gullon |