94 The Evening of Aug. i, 1895. 



distinctly black and reddish. From the 

 first day of his entrance into the river the 

 kipper hook on his under jaw began to 

 grow, and his rounded sides became flat- 

 ter, because he did not eat while in the 

 river. He would often jump at a flutter- 

 ing miller or a little shiner at the surface 

 just as a kitten leaps for a ball but that 

 would not be called eating. 



Last year while passing through the 

 estuary from the sea he was gilled in 

 Monsieur Jules's net, but he soon thrashed 

 himself out of that predicament, leaving a 

 ring mark around his neck where the net 

 had torn away the scales. Two years ago 

 he chose the wrong spot for a leap at the 

 falls and was thrown back over the rocks 

 so quickly that his side was badly torn 

 and one pectoral fin was split lengthwise. 

 So back he went down river and into the 

 sea until the wounds were healed, knowing 

 that if he remained in fresh water sapro- 

 legnia would grow in the injured tissues 

 and make him weak. He returned to the 

 upper waters of the river in time to find a 

 mate who did not object to his scars any 



