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tious: 1st, maceration in alnm dnriaj^ the dissection; 2cl, washing in 

 pure water 5 3d, tinting witli carmine ; 4th, the tixiiig of the carmine by 

 alum; 5th, maceration in phenolized glycerine; Gth, getting rid of the 

 excess of glycerine by compression between pieces of absorbent paper. 



This is the whole of the process which is warranted by known facts; 

 it is quite inexpensive, simple, and expeditious. 



As an example of the rapidity of execution I will cite the following 

 fact : On May 23, of this year, an adult African elephant died in the 

 Zoological Garden of Antwerp. One month after that event we dis- 

 played, in one of the exhibition cases of the National Exposition of 

 Brussels the enormous heart of this animal i^repared by the above- 

 detailed method'. 



OI\ TSfE CSIIIVIVOOK IVAmES OF THE: SAL.710IV IIV THE COr.UniBIA 



RIYEH.. 



By SILAS B. SMITH. 



[KoTE. — The following notes were contributed by Mr. Silas B. Smith, 

 a lawyer, at Skii:>anow, Wash., and a half-breed Chinnook, in answer to 

 questions asked by Mr. Charles J. Smith, of Brookfield, Wash. As the 

 Chinnook names have a considerable place in our Salmon literature, it 

 seems very desirable to place the facts given by Mr. Smith on record. 

 I give the present accej)ted names of the different species in foot- 

 notes.— D. S. J.] 



The Chinnook names for the different varieties, following the order 

 given by you, are as follows : 



1st. Chinnook Salmon,* '■'■ E-quinna-'' (accent second syllable and give 

 the "a" the broad sound). 



2d. Blue-back,t ^'- Oo-chooy-ha^^ (accent first syllable and give the 

 broad sound to "«"). 



3d. Silver-side,| " 0-o-wim" (accent first syllable). Your next is 

 "Dog Salmon (red)." My mother and all the other Indians I have 

 spoken to on the matter, and some of the whites, maintain that the 

 red-skinned salmon with hooked nose or beak is nothing more or less 

 th'in the male silver-side, having turned red after iuhabiting fresh water, 

 and his nose assuming that shape upon its becoming poor. 



* On corhijn chits chonicha (WaAh.) J. & G. This word "E-quinna'' is evidently the 

 'qninnat" of Eichardson. 

 t Oncorhynchns nerha (Walb.) G. «fe J. 

 ; Oncorhynclms kisutch (Walb.) J. & G. 



