146 SALMON AND TROUT 



1 One of the first attempts that were made with salmon was 

 in 1857. A quantity of salmon fry were in that year put into a 

 small fresh-water pond in Lier, in the South of Norway. Their 

 growth was found to be very slow ; for, in the summer of 1862, 

 when they were, therefore, five years old, they had only attained 

 a weight of about one pound and three-quarters. 



' There can be but little question, as will subsequently be 

 seen, that the small size of the pond, and the consequent defi- 

 ciency of food, had much to do with their tardy development ; 

 for when other fry were turned into larger waters, much more 

 satisfactory results were obtained. In these latter instances not 

 only did the fish attain a quicker and larger growth, but the 

 flavour of their flesh was vastly superior. Therefore, I think, 

 we may infer that it was the want of the proper food, and not 

 so much of the salt water, that was the cause of their slow growth 

 in the small pond. 



' Again, in Laurdal, in Laurnig's Fogdin, in Lower Thele- 

 mackey, there are two lakes named, I think, Siljevande. Be- 

 fore 1856 there were only carp &c. in them. But in that year 

 two thousand salmon and sea-trout fry were turned in. At this 

 time these lakes abound with fish, as the salmon and sea trout 

 have rapidly propagated. In the summers of 1860, 1861, and 

 1862, fish of all sizes have been seen to leap in them ; but none 

 were taken till last summer, when several were caught on flies. 

 Some of the salmon were found to weigh from three and a half 

 to five pounds ; while the sea trout had attained about half 

 that weight. The flesh in both of them was pink, and was 

 extremely well- flavoured. 



'Another successful attempt to acclimatise these fish was 

 made on a property named Sorkoee, in Storen, some distance 

 to the south of Throndhjem. The owner of the above and his 

 brother turned out several salmon and sea-trout fry into two 

 lakes on the estate, which were previously entirely destitute, 

 I believe, of fish of any sort. Now they teem with them, and 

 salmon have been caught in them from two and a quarter to 

 nearly seven pounds weight. 



