HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC SALMON. 



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an early one, as the summer growth is only just complete. Un- 

 fortunately I have not got the date. The 12 lbs. fish was caught 

 at the same time and place. It was shorter, 30f inches, but 

 thicker, 17 inches. Its length at the end of each winter was 

 5^, 11, 20|, and 26 j inches. From a smaller beginning it was 

 steadily overtaking the other fish in length, and had already done 

 so in Aveight when caught. 



Text-fiir. 117. 



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JVL 



Scale of Dog Salmon (Oncorhynchus kefa). $ . 11^ lbs. 

 Length 31 inches ; girth 16j inches. 



The Steelhead Trout {Salmo gairdneri). 



The last of the Pacific Coast salmon with which I am dealing 

 is the Steelhead, which is there called a trout, but is the only 

 Pacific member of the sub-genus Salmo, to which the true salmon 

 belongs. It is believed to be a misfratorv form of the Rainbow 



