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is easier cured ; partly smoked and dried. Now and then, I am told, 

 these Salmon run up the Wallowa River to the entrance of the lake, but 

 invariably turn back 

 again as soon as they 

 strike the deep water. 

 I cannot vouch for the 

 truth of this, but every 

 one of the fishermen 

 claims that the princi- 

 pal spawning- grounds 

 of the Chinnook Sal- 

 mon, in the vicinity of 

 Lake Wallowa, are near 

 the head of the South 

 Fork of the Wallowa 

 River, and in Bear 

 Creek, Oregon. But 

 these fish arrive in 

 smaller numbers every 

 year, and are diminish- 

 ing even more rapidly 

 than the Red-fish. 



/. Salmo purpuratus Pal- 

 las. 



Trout called Salmon- 

 Trout at Fort Ccpur 

 d'Alene. Belly silver 

 white, a red stripe 

 along the side, head 

 and back steel-blue, 

 with small black spots 

 scattered over head 

 and back. Small spe- 

 cimens have also a few 

 l)lack spots under the 

 red stripe; these are 

 found mostly towards 

 tlie head. 



(J. Salmo purpuratus Pal- 

 las. 



Called a Mountain 

 Trout; $ weight 7 

 pounds 2 ounces, length 

 2^ inches. I opened 

 this fish yesterday, Sep- 

 tember 18, to show him, and see that it has greatly changed. Xo red 



