The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

"a "a ! ort the Bruce that he Was )
a 50 greatly impressed ana
EjNI insured by the spectacle OF
the spiLer accomplishing,
' after very many efforts
.bst task which it was unable 10 w a.
srot We find ourselves beginning W
wonder whether it had ever happeneu
70 that royal fugitive to see a sal,'lol
or sea-trout leaping at a rail-. l neie
u M Doubt whatever that in his Jour
npyipgs by food and field THIS IS
oioht that must have often met Ms
ovos Perhaps it was really 'oo ID,
milisr to strike his spirit as .ne
Dnidnr struck ito great issues. lhls
leaning of the anadromous hsheS a'
for is at once an exhibition OF 'ne
moct monumental perseverance anu
aloo of the most wonderful achleVe'
ment of muscle that we are aoie ~
cop You may watch little hsh' liNe
Tho orilse in the the picture, leapihs
sboer over the height of man, hahg
ing there moment in the do"h-rnsh,
ing water, with tail quiverlng al'e.
tbo amazing effort that has PROVIDED
Of, the impetus. then swept oo"n
ooain like helpless mass OF hotsah
into the turmoil Of water below IL -
not until you begin to regard ei'a'
turmoil that you realize half the VOL
dor of it. This leap, or goodness only
ran tell exactly how many tunes Vi ''s
own height, would be WONDER even
a. If were taken from a favorable VI
st least a firm, leaping ooafo' III
stead it is taken from that mass o.
fuid sliding, rushing in dlrectiol
contrary to that in which the leap ha'
n no made. Recognizing that I'LL
wonder becomes little less than
miracle. If it were not oone, y"
sbould say it was an 1mpossiDiii''
CLOSELY watching, as far as we cal
the preparations of the fish LOT III
loon we NAV see that it takes VIVA
we should call long run, allows
self to be carried some distance 40"
stream before repeating the attemp
and when it essays the jump, come
10 il almost vertically up through u
water cleaying the foam at the 1ail
foot This action has led some
think that the fish does not, IN ta'
hove cuch a bad take off" as appeal
for il is argued that there IS DID,
4 rush underneath the surface NOV
ment of the stream, towards the IL
Of tho fall and that the fish takes
vantage of this to get up us llhpes
for the final vertical effort. Ihe Il
shown in the picture are grllse'
the grilse for their size, are, perha
the most active of all, as 1t IS III
that they should be, seeing that u
are ut the young and athletic al
but the sight is hardly as impress
as that of big salmon jumping
If we can turn our thoughts II
the wonder of the power Whlch
fish shows in this leap, we must Oil
them on its untiring persistency.
pertinacity with which it is DC
down time after time, and return:
the charge, recalls the pathetic 81
of sisyphus with his stone On III
rivers we know that the salmon's
is really as amending as that OF
phus himself. The purpose or the
IN attempting the ascent is, 1t
hardly be said, to get up to the e
ellv reaches, probably nearer
sources of the big river or on
of its tributaries, where their
NAV develop safely; and in all II
hood though the story of their
has never been fully told, these
fish striving to return to the nurs
in which they were themselves re
There are, however, certain fali
certain rivers which fish are nov
able to ascend, or are able to q
only in such big spates as occ'
verv infrequent intervals. IL MD
that several years will elapse D
the river is raised to such heis
will allow the fish to pass Inc
This may be owing to the No
changes produced by the action
water on the rock in helghtenlh
fall, making is sleeper, or taxing
the steps or landings, so TO call
which used to help the ascent
may be due to mans action
stracting water by surface drama
for use in his houses. In sucn
as this the salmon never Will
mount the fall, and it is eVlden
the natural result, in course OF
must be the gradual depletion
river of Its fish. Meantime SUE
as may survive will continue
brave efforts with perseV
which wins our admiration, tho
true understanding of their psyc
must, perhaps, convince US ina
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