The Grayling 



the painting of the Montana grayling, by 

 A. D. Turner, that accompanies the mag- 

 nificent work, '' Forest, Lake and River,'' 

 by Dr. F. M. Johnson. 



The grayling having but few teeth, and Food and 

 those small and slender, its food conse- 

 quently consists of insects and their larvae. 

 It prefers swift streams with sandy or grav- 

 elly bottom, and loves the deep pools, where 

 It lies in small schools. Occasionally It ex- 

 tends its search for food to adjacent streams 

 strewn with small rocks and bowlders. Its 

 maximum weight Is one and a half pounds, 

 very rarely reaching two pounds. 



The Arctic grayling is still abundant in Comparative 

 the Yukon and other rivers of Alaska. On 

 the contrary, the Michigan grayling, though 

 plentiful twenty years ago, Is now nearly 

 extinct, owing to the extensive lumbering 

 Industry. All the graylings spawn in April 

 and May In very shallow water, and the 

 eggs hatch within two weeks. As this is 

 also the time when the saw-logs descend the 

 streams on the spring rise, they plow 

 through the spawning beds, destroying both 



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