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do not like salt-fish. It is prepared as food not only for 

 men, but also for dogs; lately they have started preparing" 

 fermented fish for dogs in holes. 



The silver salmon One. Kisutsch in regard to the 

 quantity of fish caught takes the second place. Its flesh 

 is also considered very good for canning and salting. It 

 comes to the Commander Islands in August; the princi- 

 pal time for spawn is December month. On the photo- 

 graphs are shown the spawning forms, as well as those 

 Kisutsches, that only come from the sea, and young fish, 

 which after spawn float back into the sea. 



The Keta, is of economic importance to the Amour 

 and is not an insignificant part to play on the Kamtchat- 

 ka peninsula, where it is called Haiko and is prepared 

 during the years of famine (by natives). 



But for the Japanese markets it is prepared in great 

 quantities (in dry salt). It does not spawn on the Com- 

 mander Islands and only is found in single specimens. 

 The king Salmon — Tchavitcha play an important part, 

 being the largest, at the same time the most tastful 

 member of this species. It is good for canning, but in 

 salt its tender, fat flesh does not keep long and loses its 

 qualities, it does not keep long smoked either. It does 

 not spawn on the Islands, as it only comes-singly. It is 

 the first to go into the Kamtchatka rivers. 



The Humpback salmon thrives on the Commander 

 Islands, but in small quantities. It is liked as food, but is 

 not prepared for keeping. It is rarely used for canning, 

 giving valueless produce. 



Salmo purpuratus, which appears in autumn and 

 winter for spawn, serve as a deputy to the inhabitants 

 by giving' them sweet flesh at such a time, when salmon- 

 fishing ceases or decreases to a nonentity. This lake- 

 trout's flesh has a different taste, which depends of the 

 water, where it stays (that is its food). On the Commander 

 Islands it is called Baidarstchic (sealskin canoe owner) or 

 the master of the river (chiranum toukoukt) its flesh is 



