1 1 8 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



■used two or three times daily, and everything 

 should be kept scrupulously clean. The alevins 

 collect in clusters in corners sheltered from 

 the current, and lie on their sides closely packed 

 together, like herrings in a barrel, sometimes 

 taking a start and going about for a foot or 

 two. 



The appearance of the newly hatched fish 

 is not the least like that of a salmon. There 

 appears a mass of transparent pink gum, with 

 a thin body attached to it about three-quarters 

 of an inch in length. This is the body of 

 the fish, and the large, shapeless head and 

 enormous goggle eyes are very remarkable. 

 The dorsal, or back fin, seems to extend the 

 whole way from the head to the tail. The 

 body and umbilical appendage seem larger 

 than the egg they have just emerged from. 

 The sac is elongated and tapers slightly, and 

 contains the food required by the fish during 

 its alevin stage. As the alevin grows, the sac 

 gradually diminishes, until it is quite absorbed. 

 At this stage the fish is perfectly formed, the 

 continuous back fin having divided into the 

 dorsal, adipose, and caudal fins, and the body 

 having become developed, in proportion to the 



