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our sea salmon coming into the rivers 

 and spending a large portion of their 

 time in fresh water, seeking there a 

 change of diet and hygienic treatment 

 against parasites and fungus." 



The question is of special inter- 

 est to students of ichthyology, but of 

 greater practical interest to salmon 

 fishers is the fact that, for whatsoever 

 cause, the fish do visit the large 

 streams every year, and that for the 

 most part it is the Atlantic salmon, 

 reaching the Canadian rivers, on 

 which the angler must depend for his 

 sport, while the Pacific salmon, as- 

 cending the Columbia and other large 

 streams of the Western coast, pro- 

 vides the commercial supply with 

 which the public is familiar. 



Scientists thus describe the Atlan- 

 tic salmon regarded as the best 

 game fish of the several allied species : 

 "Body moderately elongate, symmet- 

 rical, not generally compressed; head, 

 rather low; mouth, moderate, the 

 maxillary reaching past the eye; 

 scales, rather large, largest posteri- 

 orly, and silvery in appearance; col- 



