84 FISH HARVESTING. 



The trout spawn about October, or perhaps a 

 little later, depositing their ova in gravel in the 

 lesser streams. 



SALMON TROUT. Salmo spectabilis (Red-spot- 

 ted Salmon Trout), Grd. Proc. Acad., Nat. Soc. 

 Phild., viii. 218. Sp. Ch. : Head a trifle more 

 than a fourth of the total length; maxillary ex- 

 tending to a vertical line drawn posterior to the. 

 orbit. Colour of the back dark-greenish, inclining 

 to grey, a lighter shade of the same colour on 

 the sides beneath silvery -white; thickly marked 

 above the lateral line with yellowish spots, in- 

 terspersed with others that are bright red. 



In habits and distribution the salmon-trout dif- 

 fers in every respect from the preceding. There 

 can be no doubt that this fish is anadromous, and 

 comes up into the rivers to spawn at particular 

 periods of the year, like the salmon, and then 

 returns to sea. In October the great run begins. 

 Into all the rivers emptying intoPuget's Sound 

 the Dwamish, Nesqually, Puyallup, and several 

 others, up the Eraser and its tributaries, into all 

 the creeks and inlets about Vancouver Island, 

 crowd in shoal after shoal. They vary in size ; I 

 have seldom seen them exceed three pounds in 

 weight. 



The advent of these trout is the signal for a 



