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GRINNELL 



In most salmon streams the fish appear to be about the 

 same size and age. All the females are likely to be very 

 similar in appearance; all the males also resemble each 

 other. There are, however, exceptions to this rule; that is 

 to say, some streams are entered by more than one species. 



The spawning ground sought by the salmon is usually 

 sandy or gravelly bottom in a pool or eddy, but sometimes 

 beds are swept out and spawn is deposited where the bot- 

 tom is covered with stones, varying in size from a hen's 



SALMON DRYING. 



egg to a man's fist. During the winter the eggs of the 

 salmon hatch out, and in the spring after the ice passes 

 out of the lakes the young salmon move down the streams 

 and can often be seen at the mouths in large numbers. 



It is an astonishing sight to witness the ascent of a small 

 salmon stream by the fish, urged on by the reproductive 

 desire. They work their way slowly up over riffles, where 

 there is not nearly enough water to float them, but they 

 seem to have the power of keeping themselves right side 

 up, and so long as it does not fall over on its side, a fish six 



