250 Index. 



Salmo salar, characteristics of, 150 



trutta, 151 



Salmon and trout, identification of, 146 



colour of, 149 



enemies of, 69, 241 



fisheries, value of, 189 



-. flesh of, 42, 47, 53 



food of, 46, 53, 119, 149, 165 



growth of, 160, 164, 167 



hatching of, 32, 88, 92 



in the Arctic regions, 189 



kept in fresh water, 141, 152, 163 



shipments of, to Australia, etc. , 16, 18 



spawning of, 68, 85, 93, 165 



salmon-trout, 151 



teeth of, 150, 153 



■ value of, 15 



• varieties of, 21 , 169 



■ ■ varying appearance of, 147 



■ young, 36, 116, 118 



(See also Oalifornian salmon.) 

 Salt lakes of Victoria, 177 

 San Joaquin river, 48, 60 

 Scales of the salmon, 148, 149, 153, 154, 156 

 Sexes of salmon, difference between, 54. 

 Smolts, 118, 151, 162. 

 Snowy river, 233 



Spawning of salmon and trout, 68, 85, 93, 165 

 Stone, Livingston, Mr., collecting salmon eggs, 51, 73, 74 



hatching apparatus, 113 



Stormontfield fish-ponds, 7 



Tasmania, salmon and trout in, 16, 19, 26, 186 



growth of, 165, 170 



Teeth of salmon, 150 



trout, 153 



Temperature of water, 33, 85, 126, 129, 130 



