52G TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



waters around Wenersborg, on the south, of the lake (ac- 

 cording to Mr. Lloyd, who has, perhaps, had as much 

 experience in salmon fishing in the Wener as any man 

 living) their usual weight is 7 to 9 lb., and the largest he 

 ever heard of was one of 14 lb., which he killed himself. 



That this 8. microps, Hard., is identical with the British 

 lake trout (T. Ferox, Jard.) is, I believe, universally allowed, 

 and I shall only give a short description of our Wener fish 

 (furnished to me by Magister Hardin, Carlstad), that the 

 reader may compare it with his description of the " silfver 

 lax," hereafter described. He says : ' ' This species/' speak- 

 ing of his S. microps (the S. ferox, Jard.), which is 

 decidedly distinct from the ' ' silfver lax," " has small eyes, on 

 which account I have given it the name of S. microps. 

 In this fish the upper maxillary bone reaches more or less 

 behind the eye. The scales are rounded, covered with a 

 thick black spotted slimy skin, only in the middle marked 

 with a round silvery spot, and swelled up at the edges, on 

 which account the rows are less distinct, and the colour not 

 so silvery as in the ' silfver lax. 5 The spots are placed 

 close together, above as well as below the lateral line, also 

 on the gill covers ; tail, even at the end, or nearly so." 



"This species is called by the Carlstad fishermen f var 

 lax/ or spring salmon, because it is the first that begins to 

 ascend the Klar Eiver (north of the Wener), in the spring, 

 although in smaller numbers than the f silfver lax.' It is 

 properly called the Wenerns lax, because it is found pver 

 the whole lake, and is the one which is taken all round its 

 shores by different devices, such as spinning, etc. This fish, 

 moreover, goes up most of the tributary streams which run 

 into the Wener (as the Bije Elfven up to Josseforss), 

 whereas, on the contrary, the " silfver lax " only goes up 

 the Klar Eiver, and is principally taken in that neighbour- 

 hood. That this c var lax ' is Yarrell's S. ferox I think is 

 certain, because Sir Thomas Wilson furnished Yarrell with 

 specimens from the Wener, and his figure agrees with our 

 < var lax/ 



" That these two Wener fish are entirely distinct species 



