THE SALMON AND TROUT OF ALASKA. 41 



Eastern trout are, first, all Alaskans have hyoid teeth, 

 the eastern trout have not. 



No Alaskan trout will take a fly. All Alaskan trout, 

 I think, spend a portion of their lives in salt water. 

 Length being equal, the Alaska trout, with the excep- 

 tion of the Gardneri, or mountain trout, are lighter 

 than those of our eastern streams. 



Using as a standard the average weight of a number 

 of ten-inch Adirondack trout, the following table will 

 show this : 



Fontinalis-Adirondack, length 10 inches, weight 6 oz. 

 Fresh-run Spectabilis, " 10 " " 5 oz. 20 grains. 



Crimson-specked " " 10.3 " " 5 oz. 106 " 



Salmo Clarkii, " 9.6 " " 5 oz. 



Salmo Gardneri, , " 10.1 " " 7* oz. 



In conclusion, I must again request that this contri- 

 bution shall not be considered and judged as an attempt 

 to scientifically describe the fish treated upon, but 

 rather as what it really is, a condensation of the field- 

 notes of an amateur angler. 



I have, in giving the sizes, weights, and other data 

 in regard to the Alaska salmon and trout, depended 

 almost entirely upon my personal knowledge and ex- 

 perience ; it may not be out of place to add to them 

 some data gathered from reliable authorities. 



In his report on the resources of Alaska, Major Wm. 

 Governeur Morris writes : " Sixty thousand Indians and 

 several thousand Aleuts and Esquimaux depend for the 



