It would seem so. We have examined many randomly selected samples of salt and found them to dissolve in water.
Salt is soluble in water.
But any such principle is not a priori , nor deducible from a finite series of observations. No, because plainly that would be circular. But these are all the options, so induction cannot be justified. Instead, Popper concludes that science doesn't need induction at all. These basic statements are then compared with experiments.