A merican Game- fishes 



game-fish, they are recommended to the 

 sincere " brother of the angle " who can- 

 not command the time required to enjoy 

 the pursuit of those more vaunted. 



" For by cause," says Dame Juliana, 

 " that the Samon is the moost stately 

 fyssh that ony maye angle to in freshe 

 water, Therefore I purpose to begyn at 

 hym." Stately indeed he is, and all that 

 attends his capture has something of state 

 about it. His beauty triumphs over the 

 adverse surroundings of the fishmongers' 

 slab. Look at a bright spring fish, note 

 his graceful rounded lines, his small head, 

 his gleaming sides, with almost impercep- 

 tible scales, and with here and there a 

 black X worn as jauntily as the patches of 

 an old-time belle. Imagine him living, 

 strong, agile, and alert, and you cannot 

 wonder that the acclamation of anglers 

 declares him king of sporting fishes. 



The Atlantic has but one salmon, the 

 Salmo salar ; the Pacific coast of our 

 country has at least five, all belonging to 

 the genus Oncorhyncus. The salmon of 

 commerce comes from that coast ; several 

 species, especially the Quinnat, or King, 

 Salmon, being taken in enormous num- 

 bers to meet the world's demand. Some 

 of these kinds are equal as food, under the 



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