70 SALMONID^. 



and a quarter, and_, except in dimensions, is exactly rendered 

 in No. 3. 



From these facts we arrive at two consequences. First, that 

 the growth of the young Salmon has been greatly overrated ; 

 and, secondly, that at a certain period of its life the Salmon is 

 a Parr. The extent to which the growth of the Salmon has 

 been overrated will be perceived at once, when it is known that 

 Dr. Knox, in the paper from which I have already quoted, states 

 that the fry which emerged from their capsules on the 1st of 

 April were taken, on the 32nd of the same month in the same 

 year, as Smalts, with the fly, of the size of the little finger. 



It was also generally believed that the fry of the year 

 descended to the sea rtiat very spring, and returned in the 

 autumn, Grilse, varying from two to seven pounds' weight. 



It is distinctly shown, however, by Mr. Shaw, that the young 

 Salmon, which is called a Pink while in the state represented 

 above, having perpendicular lateral bars or markings of a dusky 

 grey colour, which were once supposed to be peculiar to the 

 Parr, does not become a Smalt, or go down to the sea until the 

 second spring, tarrying a whole year in the fresh water. 



Salmon Smalt one year old. 



The fish here represented measured seven inches and a half 

 in length, and three inches and one-eighth in circumference. 



