Fig. 11. 



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Fig. 12. 





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Fig. 11. Liver (salmon from upper water), with only a small amount of fat in the 

 cells. Hsematoxylin and eosin. 



Fig. 12. Liver (salmon from sea), the cells distended with fat globules. Harnato- 

 zylin and eosin. 



salmon from the upper reaches, and the kelts, were deficient in it 

 (Fig. 11). The fat, where present, was generally in the form of large 

 droplets in the cells, and was distributed pretty equally throughout 

 the organ. 



The Gail-Bladder. 

 The following are the statistics with regard to the state of the 

 gall-bladder: — 



a) Fish at the Mouth of the River. 



b) Fish in upper Waters. 

 In all the gall-bladders were collapsed. 



c) Kelts. 

 In most of these the gall-bladders were distended. 



I examined several gall-bladders microscopically, and they all, 

 whether distended or empty, whether from fish at the mouth of the 



