SALMON 



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The tchavycha {Saluio oriciiialis), the finest of the 

 Salmonidce, is proper to Kamchatkan waters and the 

 Okhotsk Sea, and comes up in shoals to the mouths 





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A KORTY POUNDER. 



of the rivers about the end of May, being the first fish 

 to make its appearance ; it seems closely akin to the 

 European salmon, and attains enormous diniensions — 

 eighty pounds, so I was told. Its flesh is of a pale 

 red colour and its flavour quite excellent. Next come 



