THE SALMON AND TROUT OF ALASKA. 21 



ers of the land north as well as south of British Co- 

 lumbia, was communicated to the Scotch Admiral of 

 the English squadron at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, 

 he ejaculated, " Dom the country ! let } em have it ; the 

 blausted saumon won't rise to a floi." Such was our 

 united experience and verdict. 



Of course, as we caught no end of them (trout and 

 salmon) there were baits which would seduce them, and 

 these were, for the trout, salmon roe, and for the salmon, 

 live herrings. 



There was no poetry in our trout fishing, for compared 

 with salmon roe in slippery, sticky, slimy chunks, fish 

 worms are aesthetically dainty. 



There are several little lakes and more streams in the 

 vicinity of Sitka ; some within reach for a day's fish- 

 ing, and some within an hour's. The principal of these 

 are Piseco Lake and stream, back of and running 

 through the town ; Indian River and pond, Saw-Mill 

 creek and lakes, from one to five miles to the eastward ; 

 the Redoubt river, lake, and fall, seven miles to the 

 southward ; and a nameless lake and outlet on Kruzoff 

 Island, the lake embedded in a deep valley, one side of 

 which is formed by the foot-hills of Mount Edgecomb, 

 a noble, eternally snow-clad extinct volcano. In all of 

 these trout or salmon are abundant in the season ; in 

 some both, and in some are found species which do not 

 exist in others. 



At the "Redoubt" I believe that all varieties and 

 species are found. The place is named from a huge 



