THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
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far as has yet been obseryed. There is a second ascent of 
fish in the season corresponding to Tebruary here, but the 
fish are of inferior quality. The third run is of smaller 
fish, in the corresponding month to April, being probably 
the grilse going up to spawn the first time. 
Enormous quantities of the Salmo quinnat are tinned, 
and also preserved in casks with brine, by being simply 
salted. It is stated that in 1875, 16,000,000 lbs. of tinned 
salmon was prepared for exportation, on the Pacific coast 
of the United States, besides a large quantity cured other- 
wise. If sold at the rate of 8d. per lb. this would yield 
the enormous return of over £533,000, as the annual pro- 
duce of only one branch of the preserving industry. 
The fact here stated, that the Californian salmon is equal 
in quality for the table, to the English variety, is contrary 
to several statements that have been made to me. In 
fact, one gentleman went so far as to say that he was sorry 
that the Californian fish had been introduced at all, as it 
was so much inferior for sport, and for the table, to the 
English salmon. I have made careful enquiries on this 
point, and the result has been quite satisfactory. Three 
difierent gentlemen from Victoria who had good opportu- 
nities of comparing the two, gave it as their opinion that 
the Californian salmon was quite equal to the English 
species. 
It has also been maintained that the former will not rise 
to the fly, but the information furnished by Dr. Hector, from 
the reports of the United States Fisheries Commission, 
from which I have obtained some of the facts mentioned, 
expressly states that the Californian salmon gives good 
sport with the artificial fly. I can at any time at my 
salmon ponds, show anyone curious in the matter, how 
readily they will rise to flies which are put on the surface 
of the water. It is probable that an abundance of other 
