The Californian Salmon. 5 1 



every year during the month of August, to 

 collect the eggs of the Salmo quinnat for the 

 purpose of stocking other streams, and accli- 

 matizing this fish in other waters ; the work 

 being under the care of the Fish Commission 

 of the United States. The distance from 

 civilization, and above all the presence of the 

 Indians, have so far protected this region 

 from the invasion of prospectors for gold. 



" The waters of the rivers constantly fed by 

 the melting snows are not troubled by the 

 washing of minerals, and are suited admirably 

 for the salmon which literally crowd there in 

 the spawning time. According to Livingston 

 Stone, it is not by thousands but by millions 

 that he can collect the eggs, and, although so 

 many are taken to stock other waters, it has 

 no appreciable effect on the number of the 

 fish in the river. 



" The ascent of salmon in the McCloud 

 river commences in March, and lasts till 

 October, some few arriving even in November; 

 but, when the rains of winter commence, the 

 salmon all disappear till the following spring. 



" In the principal branch of tbe Sacra- 

 mento, the ascent takes place at a different 



