SALMONID^. 



THE SALMON. 



(Salmo salar.) 



German: Der Lachs, Der Salin ; Spawning male — IlalienlacJis. 

 Danish: Lax. Norwegian: Laexing. Swedish: HafsJax, 

 Blanhlax. 'Dwich: Be Zalm. French.: Le Saumon. 



For many years past I have scarcely done anything 

 else, either officially or privately, except to attend to, 

 and carefully watch, the interests of the King of fish, 

 the Salmon, the great Saluio salar. 



I find, therefore, the greatest difficulty in selecting 

 from the mountain of information ^Yllicll exists on the 

 subject of salmon fisheries and salmon legislation. 



SALMON. 



The history of the salmon should be properly writ- 

 ten as follows : — 1st. Its Natural History ; 2ndly. Its 

 Economic Value ; Srdly. Legislation, Loth past and 

 prospective. 



In order to do this thoroughly would require a 

 volume of itself, but as this book is meant as a fainiliar 

 history of fishes, I think it would be best not to attempt 

 any classification of the various subjects, but to divide 

 what I have to say into little treatises, as it were, each 



