SALMON. 53 
ticulars to the Salmo Gairdneri of Sir J. Rich- 
ardson, F. B. A., ‘Fishes,’ p. 221; it will be as 
well to retain that name. It may be readily dis- 
tinguished from the quinnat by its rounded blunt- 
looking nose, shorter and much thicker head, 
straighter back, and more slender figure—the tail 
not nearly as much forked. The entire colour of 
the back is much lighter, and thickly freckled, 
as are the fins and tail, with oval black spots. 
The average weight of the cha-cha-lool is from 
8 to 11 lbs. This salmon is common in the Fraser, 
Chilukweyuk, and Sumass rivers, and in every 
stream along the mainland and island coasts up 
which salmon ascend. When they first arrive 
the flesh is most delicious—fat, pink, and firm 
withal, and to my palate finer than that of the 
mammoth quinnat. The Indians also prize 
these salmon, and pack them when dried in bales 
- apart from the others. 
Salmo Gairdneri and S. quinnat are the spring 
salmon, but the autumn has also its supply of 
‘swimming silver,’ quite equal to that of spring 
in point of numbers, but inferior in quality. 
Up the Columbia in October to the Kettle Falls, 
and somewhat earlier in the Fraser and rivers 
north of it, comes an ugly, unprepossessing, 
hook-nosed, dingy-looking salmon, called by 
