132 SALMONIA. 



and lean, showing an immense head, spotted 

 all over with black and brown spots, and the 

 belly almost black; the other bright and 

 silvery, without spots, and the head small. 

 Even the pectoral and anal fins had more 

 spines in the newly run fish, some of the 

 smaller ones having been probably rubbed 

 off in spawning by the other. I would not 

 for some time, till assured by an experienced 

 fisherman, believe, that the spent fish was a 

 salmon ; and when their flesh was compared 

 on the table, one was white, flabby, and bad, 

 and without curd; the other of the brightest 

 pink, and full of dense curd. Then, though 

 of the same length, one weighed only 4 Ibs., 

 the other 9J Ibs. When it is recollected, 

 that different salmon and sea trout spawn at 

 different times in the same river, and that 

 fish of the same year, being born at different 

 seasons from Christmas to Lady-day, and 

 having migrated to the sea in spring run 

 up the rivers of all sizes in summer and 

 autumn the young salmon from 2 to 10 Ibs. 

 in weight, the young sea trout from ^ to 

 3 Ibs. in weight it is not difficult to ac- 



