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Dime7isio7is. 



Inclies. 



Length, snout to tip of tail 17^ 



Girth 9 



Meat firm and hard, bnt rather dry ; tasted very much like No. 8. The 

 handsomest trout, and, on the wliole, having the most perfect form of all 

 the trout we saw on the McCloud. Also, the only fish that had colored 

 spots. This one was profusely spotted over most of the body with red- 

 dish golden spots. (See drawing.) Possibly the Salmo spectahiliSj Pa- 

 cific Eailroad Keports, vol. xii, p. 342-3. (See note.) Only a medium 

 table-fish, at this season. Eare. 



No. 27. This trout is rare in tlie lower waters of the McCloiid, but commou at its 

 head-waters. Fishermeu say that this trout is caught uowhere else in California. It 

 is considered a great luxury at Soda Springs, on the Little Sacramento, from which 

 place parties often travel the fifteen-mile trail to the Upper McCloud to catch it. Mr. 

 I. F. Frye, of Soda Springs, once caught a mountain-trout of two pounds on his hook, 

 and as he was just in the act of j)ulling it out of the water, it was seized by a monstrous 

 wye-dar-deelit, which Mr. Frye says could not have weighed less than 20 pounds. 

 The latter fish was lost, but the mountain-trout showed the marks of his teeth on both 

 sides. 



No. 28. Viscera to No. 27. 



No. 29. Male salmon. McCloud river, California, September 23, 1872. 

 A clean, healthy, nice-looking fish, but not silvery. This fish belongs 

 to a class which are just beginning to come up the river, in limited num- 

 bers, called the fall run. Their flesh is quite palatable and good, and 

 there is considerable fat on them still. Their scales have usually been 

 absorbed, and the surface of the skin is smooth and slimy. These are 

 the only salmon now coming' up the river. All the others are floating 

 down the river, dead or dying. The milt of tliis fish was well developed 

 and flowing. Girth, 15 inches. (See drawing.) 



No. 30. Large, full-grown male salmon. September 25, 1872, McCloud 

 Eiver, California. Weight, 20 i)ounds ; girth, 21 inches ; girth at anus, 16^ 

 inches; length, 38 inches. (Consult Sahno canis, W. Pacific Eailroad 

 Eeport, vol. xii, i). 311.) (See drawing.) (See note.) 



No. 30. This fish was owe of the Jargest, if not the largest, which we saw on the 

 McCloud. He was thin and worn, but Avould have weighed nearly 40 pounds when 

 in good condition. 



No. 31. Viscera to No. 30. 



No. 32. Male salmon. McCloud Eiver, September 25, 1872. Girth, 

 in front of dorsal, IG inches ; at anus, 13 inches. No drawing was taken 

 of this fish. 



No. 33. Viscera to No. 32. 



There is no No. 34. 



No. 35. Grilse. The skin was accidentally scraped somewhat witli a 

 knife. September 25, 1872, McCloud Eiver, California. 



