CHAPTER VII 



Feeding in fresh water Rejection of food when caught Aggressive- 

 ness of salmon The sustenance of salmon in fresh water 

 A new theory Analogies drawn from other fish The gastric 

 juices of salmon Facts advanced on other theories Important 

 evidence as to food in salmon's stomach in fresh water Other 

 views of this evidence The gastric glands discussed A general 

 view Another theory Stoning a pool Salmon entering 

 fresh pools Actual fishing and non-rising fish The record 

 take of salmon. 



A GREAT deal of literature has been devoted to the 

 problem affecting the dean salmon's pursuit of all 

 moving objects after it has left the salt water, and 

 various explanations have been advanced to account 

 for its apparent appetite in fresh water prior to 

 spawning. The structural changes of the entrance 

 to and exit from the stomach of a fresh salmon prior 

 to spawning appear to preclude its taking food therein, 

 and there have been few authentic cases of a proved 

 clean fish ever having been discovered in fresh water 

 with food in its stomach. 



A well-mended kelt may, of course, be taken for a 

 clean salmon, and if food is found in its stomach it 

 may induce a contrary belief in the mind of a person 

 unable to discriminate between a well-mended kelt 

 and a clean salmon. I think it may be accepted that 



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