SUMMARY OF REPORT 269 



A 'kelt' is a salmon, male or female, after it 

 has spawned. 



In the foregoing questions and the answers 

 given to them, the life of a salmon, from the time 

 it is an egg until it has reached maturity, is very 

 fully explained. The information thus deduced 

 may be summed up briefly as follows, viz. : 



That salmon ascend the rivers at all seasons, 

 bull-trout and sea-trout doing so in August and 

 September. 



That they come from the sea by way of the 

 coast, and from all directions, but ever prefer a 

 clear, full flood for their journey up-stream, to low, 

 dirty, or snow water. After they have been some 

 three or four days in the river the sea-lice which 

 are on them disappear. 



That they deteriorate considerably in condition 

 during their sojourn in the fresh water, more 

 especially before the spawning -time and in hot 

 weather. 



That they do not feed at all while in the river, 

 save, perhaps, on a few small flies, animalculae, 

 etc. 



That sewage, paper-mills, dye and gas works, 

 woollen manufactories, etc., deter the salmon from 

 entering a river. 



That when the water is low and clear they 

 travel chiefly at night ; but when it is in flood or 

 dirty, by day as well as by night. 



