56 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



bait. But, as salmon-fishing in California is 

 oftener followed as an industry than simply for 

 sport, it is principally by means of immense 

 fixed nets that they are caught, which com- 

 pletely stop the passage of the fish at certain 

 points known to be most frequented by the 

 salmon. This happens, for instance, near the 

 limit of the salt water in the Eio Vista and 

 Oregon river, where the quantity of fish 

 caught is enormous. Extensive works have 

 been erected for preserving the salmon in tins, 

 which are afterwards exported to Europe, 

 where they meet with an advantageous outlet. 

 In 1874, the preserving works on the Columbia 

 river preserved more than 22,000,000 lbs. of 

 salmon, in addition to the local consumption, 

 which might be estimated at 11,000,000 lbs.' 

 weight of fresh and salt fish, which would 

 make 33,000,000 lbs. of salmon, the produce 

 of one year from a single river, and since then 

 the numbers have increased. 



"The works are on the bank of the river, 

 upon which are sometimes seen heaps of 1200 

 to 1500 fish. According to the practice in 

 Germany and Holland, they kill the salmon 

 by giving it a blow on the head, instead of 



