CHANOKS or COF.Ol'R. 05 



others, the j;;rcat naturul history hitcly puhHshed hy tlir State 

 of New York, the ilhistrations of which arc l)clow contcinpt 

 as works of art. and, in a seientifie view, utterly useless and 

 uneharacteristie. 



After tliey havi- j^aiiied the upper and shallow parts ui' the 

 rivci-s, preparatory to the deposition of their spawn, the eolours 

 of the Salmon are niatirially altered ; the male hccomcs marked 

 on the eheek with oraiif^c-coloured stripes, the lower jaw 

 ncqiiircs a peeuliar projection and turns upward at the point in 

 a hard, hooked, eartilajjiuous excresceuce, whieh, when the 

 mouth is closed, oceujjies a hollow h(>tween the intermaxillary 

 boues. 



The body of tlie fish becomes greenish above, with the sules 

 of nn orange hue, fading into yellowish green on the belly, and 

 the spots assume a sanguine hue, the dorsal and caudal fins 

 being more or less spotted. The females at this season are even 

 darker than on their arrival in fresh water. 



The males are at this period termed Ked-fish in Great Britain, 

 and the females IJlack-fish ; and they are so designated in the 

 verj' salutary enactments which, in that country, hy protecting 

 the fish during their season of breeding, have preserved them 

 from extirpation ; enactments whieh, as cannot be too much 

 regretted or too strongly reprobated, the recalcitrative and 

 over-independent spirit of f>nr people will not tolerate, much 

 lew obey. 



The time will come, «lun the population at large will deplore 

 this foolish and discreditable spirit ; when, like him who slew 

 the goose which laid the golden eggs, they tind th.it by their 

 own ultra-democratic spirit, they are deprived entirely and 



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