26 THE SALMON FISHER. 



sons, doubtless, as is true also of Atlantic coast 

 rivers. There may be also physical reasons to ac- 

 count for the big break in the ranks of the salmon 

 made by the interposition of the Hudson Bay, and 

 when those are ascertained scientists may be able to 

 discover why the fish. to the eastward of the bay are 

 of one species (solar) and those to the westward of 

 another (chouicha). 



