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others affirm the scent to be highly unpleasant. They feed 

 upon small crabs and other marine insects, as well as on the 

 smaller fuci and confervae {marine plants), on which they are 

 observed to deposit their ova.* 



The following species of this genus are peculiar to the 

 Northern Regions : — 



2. Salmo Salar, the common Salmon, is occasionally met 

 with on the coasts of Greenland, and all over the North of 

 Europe and Asia, from Great Britain to Kamtschatka. 



3. Salmo Apinus, the Red Char, is found in the 

 cold lakes of the Lapland Alps, where it is fed on the larva? 

 of gnats that infest those regions. The Laplanders in their 

 migrations to the distant lakes during summer, find a 

 ready and luxurious repast on these fishes, which to them 

 are extremely palatable. 



4. Salmo Taimen, the Brown Salmon, inhabits the rivers 

 which empty themselves into the Frozen Ocean. 



5. Salmo Kundscha, inhabits the bays of the Arctic 

 Seas. 



6. Salmo Arcticus, the Arctic Salmon, inhabits the 

 stony rivulets running into the Arctic Seas, it is not longer 

 than one's finger, and resembles a young thymallus or 

 Grayling. It is silvery, with four rows of brown dots, and 

 fine lines on each side, the tail is forked. 



7. Salmo Stagnalis, inhabits the remoter mountainous 

 rivers of Greenland. 



8. Salmo Rivalis, inhabits the muddy rivers and stag- 

 nant lakes of the Icy Regions. 



9. Salmo Autumnalis. This fish inhabits the Frozen 

 Seas, and ascends in vast shoals the rivers which empty 

 themselves into it, periodically, chiefly in the autumn. 



10. Salmo Peled, the Peled Salmon, found about Nova 

 Scotia and the Northern parts of Russia. 



* 1 have not been able to procure a drawing of the Greenland Salmon 

 on which I could relv for accuracy : but, should I succeed, one shall be 

 furnished gratuitously to the subscribers of this volume. 



