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in the season corresponding with February in 

 Australia, but the fish are of inferior quality. 

 The third run is of smaller fish, in the 

 corresponding month with April, being pro- 

 bably the grilse going up to spawn for the 

 first time. 



In a work entitled " The Naturalist in 

 British Columbia," by John K. Lord, some 

 interesting facts are given about the Salmo 

 quinnat in the tributaries of the Columbia 

 river. He states that in the Fraser river, " in 

 June and July, salmon ascend tbis stream in 

 incredible numbers, filing off, as they work up- 

 current, into every rivulet, filling even pools 

 left on the prairies and flats by the receding 

 floods. About a mile from my camp was a 

 large patch of pebbly ground, dry even at the 

 highest floods, through which a shallow stream 

 found its way into the large river. Though 

 barely of sufficient depth to cover an ordinary- 

 sized salmon, yet I have seen that stream so 

 filled, that fish pushed one another out of the 

 water high and dry upon the pebbles. Each 

 with its head up-stream, struggled, fought, 

 and scuffled for precedence. With one's 

 hands only, or, more easily, by employing a 



