44 THE HABITS OF THE SALMON. 



Bund says, "It is not the pace that salmon can 

 travel that we are concerned with, but the pace they 

 do travel." All salmon fishermen know the pace a 

 salmon can travel after it is hooked, and also that 

 this pace lasts only for a short time, but the usual 

 rate fish travel to their destination in fresh water 

 is, as many know, quite another matter. On 

 entering a river they generally travel up with the 

 tide, and, while in the tide-way, their speed depends 

 upon the rate at which the tide flows. After leaving 

 brackish water they make headway against stream 

 and accommodate their pace to circumstances. Of 

 course if salmon were to rush through a rapid 

 as fast as they could, exhaustion would soon set in. 

 Instinct teaches them this, and they slacken speed, 

 taking advantage of the shelter of rocks or boulders 

 on their way, as well as enjoying a long rest on 

 arriving at weirs or falls, so as to regain strength 

 before passing them. During the early spring 

 months when the temperature of the water is 

 generally very low, although the fish are able to 

 travel as fast as at any time of the year, they never 



