BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISHES 
5. A Salmon. When it returns for the second time 
from the sea. 
6. A Kelt, or Slat. A Salmon that has spawned. 
7. A Kipper. A male Salmon. 
8. A Grilse-Kelt. When the fish spawned as a 
Grilse. 
The Chars and Trouts belong to the same genus as 
the Salmon, and although a number of different kinds 
are now recognised as occurring in various British 
waters, it is impossible to include them all in this book, 
or to discuss the differences between them. Suffice it 
to say that the Salmon is well entitled to be called the 
King of British Fishes, for it undoubtedly affords the 
finest sport to the angler, and attains the largest size of 
any fresh-water inhabitant. It ascends rivers for the 
purpose of spawning, and there remains for several 
months. It overcomes obstacles met with during its 
up-river progress with amazing cleverness, leaping falls 
and weirs with comparative ease, and never giving in 
until all efforts to clear the obstacle have failed. If 
watch is kept, the fish will be seen to make the attempt 
on several occasions. 
It is a great sight to watch a Grilse or Salmon returning 
to its home-waters from the sea, as when the river is 
in suitable condition for the ascent to be made, great 
activity prevails, and a large number of big fish may be 
observed. During a visit I paid to the upper reaches of 
the beautiful North Tyne River in the Autumn of 1921, 
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