CXXVI 
Mauma. 
Pensa « 
Pas 
Wienesie 
A. 10. 
MILKTscHITSCH« 
PD AY. 
P. 14. 
Vi 10. 
A. 13. 
Mykiss. 
P. Ds 12. 
Pp 
+ 146 
V. 10. 
A. 12. 
KunsnHa, 
INGHAGHITSH. 
P.D. 8,9 
Pr a2: 
Meso. 
Nee 
ROA) My TS eS) eC) Ag KS AS 
The Afalma, or Golet of the Ruffians, grows to the weight of twenty pounds, and 
to the length of about twenty-eight inches. Itis the moft flender and cylindrical of 
all the genus. “The head refembles that of atrout: the f{cales are very fmall: the 
back and fides bluifh, with fcattered fpots of fcarlet red: the belly white: ventral 
and anal fins red: tail flightly forked. This and the two following are fporadic, 
going difperfedly, and not in fhoals, It afcends the rivers with the laft, and at- 
tains their very fources. It feeds on the {pawn of the other fpecies, and grows very 
fat. The natives falt thofe they take in autumn, and preferve frozen thofe which 
are caught when the frofts commence *. 
The Milkt{chit/ch is a fcarce fpecies, in form like a young Salmon; but the 
fcales larger in proportion, and the body more flat: it never exceeds a foot and 
a half in length: is of a filvery white, with a bluifh back: nofe conical: jaws 
equal: tail flightly forked. 
The Mykifs, appears at firft very lean, but grows foon fat : it is very voracious: 
feeds not only on fifh, but infects and rats, while fwimming over the rivers ; and is 
fo fond of the berries of vaccinium vitis idea, that it will dart out of the water, and 
fnatch at both leaves and berries, which hang over the banks +. In fhape it re- 
fembles a common Salmon: feldom grows above two feet long: has large 
fcales, blunt nofe, and numerous teeth: the back is dufky, marked with black 
{pots ; and on each fide is a broad band of bright red : the belly white. It is a fpecies 
of excellent flavor; but is fcarcer than the other kinds. Its time of arrival is not 
known: M. STeLver therefore fufpeéts that it afcends the rivers beneath the 
ice tf. 
The Kunjha, mentioned in page cIv, frequents the bays of this country, 
but never advances inland; and grows to the length of two feet: the nofe is fhort 
and pointed : the back and fides dufky, marked with great yellowith fpots, fome 
round, others oblong: the belly white : the lower fins and tail blue: the flefh 
white, and excellent. It is a fcarce fifh in thefe parts; but near Ochot/e afcends 
the rivers in great fhoals. 
I conclude this divifion of the tribe with the common Salmon, which is frequent 
here, and, like the others, afcends the rivers, equally to the advantage of the 
natives of the country. 
Of the Salmon which Linn us diftinguifhed by- the titie of Coregoni is the 
Inghaghitf, which has the habit of a fmall carp, with very large feales : the jaws 
nearly of equal length: the eyes very great, and filvery: the teeth very minute : 
the body filvery, bluifh on the back: tail forked: it does not exceed five inches 
* Defcre Kamtfch, 482. 
+ Same, 482. t Same, 482. 
