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them by a uniform silvery hue. The same effect is noticeable when 

 trout enter alkaline lakes. Thus, the trout of Utah Lake are more 

 silvery than those which inhabit any of the surrounding streams, the 

 waters of Utah Lake, in the summer at least, being milky with alkali. 



The remaining fish of this famih^ to which I need refer, is the Dolly 

 Varden trout, or charr, which is the finest of the trout-like fishes on this 

 coast. It is found in the upper Sacramento, and thence along the line 

 of the Cascacle Range as far as Kamtschatka. It often enters the sea, 

 where it loses its spots and becomes plain silvery gray. I have myself 

 obtained a specimen, weighing 11 pounds, near Seattle, in Puget Sound, 

 but in the mountain streams specimens weighing even a single pound 

 are comparatively rare. It is true of all the trout that their size depends 

 upon the conditions. They all grow large in the sea, and in the little 

 mountain brooks their size corresponds to their advantages; every trout, 

 large or small, is perfect so far as he goes. The Dolly Varden trout is 

 scarcely different from the Eastern Brook trout, the slight difference 

 being, on the whole, to his advantage. It is rather plumper in body 

 than the Brook trout of the East. The red spots are found on the back 

 as well as on the sides, and the back and upper fins do not show the 

 dark green marblings which are characteristic of Salvelinus fontinalis. 

 In food, in body, and in gaminess, the Dolly Varden, or Salvelinus 

 malma (this, too, a Russian name, first given it by Steller),is not inferior 

 to its Eastern cousin. 



Everywhere on the Pacific Coast, in the clear streams of the Cascade, 

 the Sierra Nevadas, and  even the Coast Range of mountains, some 

 species of trout abounds. This region should be the paradise of anglers. 

 In the East, according to the words of the veteran angler. Rev. Myron 

 W. Reed, the day of the trout is passed: 



"This is the last generation of trout fishers. The children will not 

 be able to find any. Already there are w^ell-trodden paths by every 

 stream in Maine, in New York, and in Michigan. I know of but one 

 river in North America by the side of which you will find no paper 

 collar or other evidence of civilization. It is the Nameless River. Not 

 that trout will cease to be. They will be hatched by machinery, and 

 raised in ponds, and fattened on chopped liver, and grow fiabby and 

 lose their spots. The trout of the restaurant will not cease to be. He 

 is no more like the trout of the wild river than the fat and songless 

 reedbird is like the bobolink. Gross feeding and easy pond life ener- 

 vate and deprave him. The trout that the children will know only by 

 legend is the gold-sprinkled living arrow of the white water; able to 

 zigzag up the cataract; able to loiter in the rapids; whose dainty meat 

 is the glancing bjitterfly." 



Office of the Board of Fish Commissioners, ) 

 San Francisco, March 15, 1892. ) 



[Bulletin No. 5.] 



To game dealers, hotel and restaurant keepers, and all persons engaged in 

 the business of dealing in or sellioig ducks or English snipe: 

 Your attention is especially called to the following ordinance, adopted 

 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, 

 July 22, 1890: 



