TABLE OF CONTENTS. 337 



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8. Saint Croix River 292 



4. Denny's River 295 



5. Little Falls River 297 



6. Orange River 297 



7. East Machias River 298 



8. Machias River 298 



9. Wescongus or Pleasant River 299 



10. Narraguagns River 299 



11. Union River 300 



12. Penobscot River 300 



13. Tabnlar statements of the capture of salmon in the Penobscot River.. 313 



Table XII. Statement of salmon caught in Penobscot Bay and River 



in 1873 313 



Table XIII. Record of salmon sold from weirs Nos. 161 and 162, south 

 end of Wetmore Island (Tables for 1860, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 



1867,1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873) 314 



14. Saint George River 319 



15. Medomac River 319 



16. Sheepscot River 320 



17. Kennebec River 320 



18. Androscoggin River 322 



19. Royals River 323 



20. Presumscot River 323 



21. Richmond's Island 324 



22. Saco River 324 



23. Mousam River 324 



24. Piscataqua River 324 



25. Merrimac River 325 



26. Pawtuxet and Pawcatuck Rivers .325 



27. Thames River 325 



28. Connecticut River 326 



29. Hammonasset River 326 



30. Quinnipaick River , 326 



31. Housatonic River 327 



Notes on the growth and migrations of the salmon 327 



1. Introductory remarks 327 



2. Names applied to certain stages of growth 327 



3. The egg stage 328 



4. The parr 328 



5. The smolt 329 



6. The grilse 330 



7. The adult salmon 332 



a. The size of the salmonfi 332 



o. The migration up the rivers 332 



0. Changes in appearance of salmon while in freshwater 333 



d. Habits of salmon during the spawning season _ 334 



e. Habits of salmon at the end of the spawning-season 334 



/. The kelt 335 



g. Habits of salmon after leav ing fresh water 335 



S. Mis. 74 22 



