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tions: 1st, maceration in alum during the dissection; 2d, washing in 

 pure water ; 3d, tinting with carmine ; 4th, the tixing of the carmine by 

 alum; 5th, maceration in iihenolized glycerine; 6th, 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, simj)le, and expeditious. 



As an exami^le 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- 

 I)layed, in one of the exhibition cases of the National Exj)osition of 

 Brussels the enormous heart of this animal prepared by the above- 

 detailed method. 



OIV TBIE CIIIIVIVOOK IVAMES OF THE SAI.MON IIV THE COIiUIMBIA 



RIVElt. 



By SII.AS B. SMITH. 



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

 a lawyer, at Skipanovv, Wash., and a half-breed Chinnook, in answer to 

 questions asked by Mr. Charles J. Smith, of Brookfleld, 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 accepted 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-lia^'' (accent first syllable and give the 

 broad sound to "a"). 



3d. Silver-side,| ^^ 0-o-wun^^ (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 

 than the male silver-side, having turned red after inhabiting fresh water, 

 and his nose assuming that shape upon its becoming poor. 



* OncorhynClms cTioaic/ia (Walb.) J. & G. TMs word "E-quinna" is evidently the 

 " quinnat" of Richardsou. 

 t Oncorhynchus nerka (Walb.) G. & J. 

 t Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walb.) J. & G. 



