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myriads. When the writer was on the island in 1880, the 
salmon was so thick in the streams that it was absolutely 
necessary in fording them to kick the salmon out of the 
way to avoid stumbling over them. I know that this story 
is.an old salmon chestnut, but it illustrates as well as any- 
thing the wonderful abundance of salmon in the Afognak 
streams; and it can be easily believed when it is remem- 
bered that about a month earlier 153,000 salmon were 
caught in one day at the mouth of the Karluk, which is 
a river only 6oft. wide where it empties into the ocean. 
But there is no need of consuming time in proving the 
abundance of salmon at Afognak Island. It is a matter 
of record. The salmon are there in as great numbers as 
could be wished. All the varieties which also inhabit the 
Pacific Ocean come to Afognak. The list is as follows ; 
it is a royal catalogue : 
1. The red salmon, the ‘‘blue back” of the Columbia 
(Oncorhynchus ner ka). 
2. The king salmon, the “ quinnat” or “spring salmon” 
of the Columbia (Oxcorhynchus chourca). , 
3. The silver salmon, the “ silversides”’ of the Columbia 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch). 
4. The humpback salmon (Oxcorhynchus gorbuscha). 
5. The dog salmon (Oxcorhynchus keta). 
6. The steelhead, the ‘‘square tailed trout” of the tribu- 
taries of the Columbia (Salmo gazrdnert, Salmo trunca- 
tus). 
2 The Dolly Varden (Salvelznus malma). 
It is easy to see what a paradise for salmon this island 
is, and what a magnificent place of safety it would be if 
it were set aside for a national park where the salmon 
could always hereafter be unmolested. But the abundance 
and variety of its salmon are not the only recommenda- 
tions that Afognak Island has for a national park. It 
has several others which may be enumerated as fol- 
lows: 
1. The island is inhabitable all the year round, with a 
