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to mention other countries, we find no less than nineteen 

 varieties upon our Pacific coast alone. Dr. Suckley, TJ. S. A., 

 in his official report (1855) on the surveys for the Pacific 

 Kailway, gives a list of seventeen, peculiar to the waters of 

 Oregon and Washington, which is appended herewith, with 

 their scientific synonyms, their local or vernacular names, and 

 the season of year when they run up the rivers to spawn : 



To the above should be added the Solar iridea, or brook- 

 trout, the silver-trout, and the Ptychoclieilus grandis, sal- 

 mon-troutthese varieties peculiar to California. Of the so- 

 called varieties of salmon, it is probable that several are 

 identical ; nevertheless, the best-approved authorities place 

 the number of distinct species at not less than half-a-dozen. 

 The Salmo quinnat is esteemed the finest on the Pacific 

 'often weighs 30 or 40 Ibs., and sometimes 75 Ibs. ; the Sal- 

 nto scouleri will, average 30 Ibs. Magnificent as these 

 weights are, they have been equaled in eastern waters in 

 years gone by ; but of late our fish have greatly diminished 

 in size, both in the average and in individual specimens. 

 When the Northern Pacific Eailroad is completed, the rod- 

 fisherman will find this Paradise of the Pacific easily access- 

 ible ; at present he must confine himself to Canadian waters. 

 There is not a river in the eastern United States that affords 



