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ticulars to the Salmo Gairdneri of Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson, F. B. A., 'Fishes,' p. 221; it will be as 

 well to retain that name. It may be readily dis- 

 tinguished from the quinnat by its rounded blunt- 

 looking nose, shorter and much thicker head, 

 straighter back, and more slender figure the tail 

 not nearly as much forked. The entire colour of 

 the back is much lighter, and thickly freckled, 

 as are the fins and tail, with oval black spots. 

 The average weight of the cha-cha-lool is from 

 8 to 1 1 Ibs. This salmon is common in the Fraser, 

 Chilukweyuk, and Sumass rivers, and in every 

 stream along the mainland and island coasts up 

 which salmon ascend. When they first arrive 

 the flesh is most delicious fat, pink, and firm 

 withal, and to my palate finer than that of the 

 mammoth quinnat. The Indians also prize 

 these salmon, and pack them when dried in bales 

 apart from the others. 



Salmo Gairdneri and S. quinnat are the spring 

 salmon, but the autumn has also its supply of 

 ' swimming silver,' quite equal to that of spring 

 in point of numbers, but inferior in quality. 

 Up the Columbia in October to the Kettle Falls, 

 and somewhat earlier in the Fraser and rivers 

 north of it, comes an ugly, unprepossessing, 

 hook-nosed, dingy-looking salmon, called by 



