THE RUNS AND VARIETIES 



HAVE been told by some of the old 

 net-fishermen on the Cascapedia that 

 there are three runs of salmon during 

 June and July, and each a different 

 variety. The first run, they say, comes in during 

 the last of May and first part of June, the second 

 arrives about the middle of June, and the third 

 some time after the fifth of July. Whether this 

 is true or not I cannot say, but I do know that 

 salmon are continually coming into the river from 

 the last of May until the last of July, and no 

 doubt during August there are a few stragglers. 

 From the first of June till the last the river seems 

 to be full of fish. After this time the lower part 

 does not contain as many, for most of them have 

 gone farther up ; and, it being very late, there are 

 only a few coming in. I have observed the three 

 following varieties, which the natives call the first 

 run, the red-fins, and the green-backs: The first 

 run is that which arrives about the last of May; 

 these are the bright silver salmon upon which all 



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