anglers love to gaze and are eager to capture. 

 The red-fins come along the last of June; although 

 I believe they average more in weight, they are 

 not so long in proportion to their size as the first 

 run. Their fins have a peculiar red shade, and 

 their bodies from the anal nearly to the pectoral 

 fins have a more golden tint, but their backs have 

 the same green color as the first run. We know 

 that salmon change in color after they have been 

 a few weeks in the river. Their backs grow darker, 

 and the bright silver appearance of their bodies 

 turns to something more like copper-color. The 

 fins put on a reddish hue, the spots about the gills 

 increase in size, and altogether they are not par- 

 ticularly interesting to look upon. The peculiar 

 color of the red-fins is not due to the river. They 

 must have had it when they entered, because they 

 have this color when their backs are green, and this 

 denotes they are fresh-run fish. The third variety, 

 the green-backs, arriving late in the season, do 

 look a little brighter than th< ir companions lying 

 at the bottom of the pool. This is perfectly nat- 

 ural, because, being fresh-run fish, their backs 

 would be lighter in color than, those of salmon 

 which arrived early in June. But how can we 

 account for the back of a fresh-run green-back 

 being lighter in color than that of a fresh-run 

 salmon T Are the natives right, and have we 

 three varieties in the river f The only difference 



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