CHAPTER XX, 
SALMONID&. 
(Salmo salar.) 
ALTHOUGH at one time salmon were found abundant in 
all the tributaries of the St. Lawrence, even in Lake On- 
tario, now the fisherman on the Atlantic sea-board of Ameri: 
ca, if he desires commensurate reward for the trouble and 
expense he has been put to, that he may enjoy his favorite 
pleasure, must visit some of the streams along the coast of 
Labrador, unless he feel disposed to rent a fishery, which 
will be found almost as expensive in Canada as in Norway, 
Scotland, or Ireland. However, if you are able and willing 
to pay for the enjoyment of your hobby, this advantage 
is gained, that when the season terminates you are nearer 
home and civilization; advantages that can not often’ be 
over-appreciated if accidents or sickness have overtaken 
yourself or companions. 
On the Pacific coast salmon are also most abundant in 
all the streams that flow into it above the forty-second 
degree of north latitude. In fact, a few years ago, the 
Columbia and Fraser rivers abounded with this fish in such 
numbers as often to pollute the air with the decomposition 
of the countless thousands of dead that were washed up on 
their margins. 
At the present date those of Fraser River are justly 
famous. There are five species, and they make their way 
up the river for one thousand miles. The silver salmon be- 
gins to arrive in March or early in April, and lasts till the 
end of June. Their weight is from four to twenty - five 
