GAME FISH 23 



to my mind, that when they leave a river 

 they do not journey far but dwell in the 

 deep sea near the mouth of their summer 

 home. 



Although the seafood of the salmon when 

 off the mouth of a river is known to be her- 

 ring and the like, their square tails would 

 lead one to believe that they are bottom 

 feeders and that they feed leisurely and 

 well, which would account for the fresh-run 

 fish's superabundance of fat. 



According to Alexander Agassiz the pe- 

 lagic animals are very short-lived but they 

 reproduce marvelously. Some of the Cope- 

 pods, which are minute crustaceans, have 

 no less than thirty generations in three 

 weeks. 



As they are constantly dying there is a 

 shower of food falling over the ocean floor 

 which joins the food that comes from the 

 littoral regions. It is stated that there is a 

 thick broth of food over wide areas of sea 

 bottom which can readily be obtained with 

 very little effort on the part of the fishes. 



