NOTES ON THE FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
255 
continued to rise till June 8, Avlien it attained a height of 41 feet 9 inches. The lowest 
Avater record Aras 10 feet 6 inches at the beginning of the season of 1893. Veiyfew^ 
lish coinparatiAAAly are taken Avhen the Avater is under 15 feet high. The poorest 
season, when the fishing AA^as not suspended on account of too low AA^ater or too high 
AA'ater (as in 1889 and 1894), Avas in 1891. In that year the niaximnin height of Avater 
Avas only 19 feet 5 inches, and onl}^ during the first ten days in June AA^as the AA'ater over 
19 feet. In 1884, the best year for these AA’heels, the Avater Avas over 20 feet during the 
entire time from May 20 to July 8. In 1880, Avhen the most bluebacks AA^ere taken, the 
water Avas 20 feet or over from May 27 to June 30. 
The folloAvmg tables give, in detail, the daily catch of the wheels referred to: 
Statement of the daili/ catch of salmon in tiro toheels located, rcspectivehj, on the Oregon and Washington 
sides of the Colnnibia River at the Cascades, with a record of the height of water above low-water niarlc. 
Heiglit 
Orejjnn. 
Washington. 
Date. 
Small 
Large 
Blue- 
Steel- 
Small 
Large 
Bine- 
steel- 
Chinooks. 
Chinooks. 
backs. 
hearts. 
Chinooks. 
Chinooks. 
hacks. 
heads. 
X 0 lal . 
1883. 
Ft. 
in. 
Number. 
Number. 
Number. 
NxLmber. 
Number. 
Number. 
Number. 
Kumher. 
Number. 
Number. 
May 14 
19 
0 
45 
6 
Sn 
136 
15 
VO 
4 
28 
9 
58 
16 
21 
3 
11 
9 
23 
17 
21 
6 
20 
3 
32 
55 
18 
21 
8 
52 
99 
4 
16 
20 
19 
21 
10 
02 
14 
94 
170 
9 
30 
39 
21 
21 
9 
236 
78 
*>24 
538 
00 
4 
62 
83 
22 
21 
7 
259 
167 
300 
780 
38 
4 
81 
I9.a 
23 
21 
6 
252 
208 
330 
790 
53 
12 
104 
24 
22 
0 
190 
214 
253 
657 
48 
13 
77 
25 
22 
176 
130 
368 
674 
38 
5 
37 
26 
22 
10 
176 
115 
316 
007 
72 
13 
174 
28 
22 
3 
9*59 
244 
238 
714 
71 
26 
192 
28^ 
29 
21 
10 
250 
245 
474 
900 
53 
19 
30 
21 
10 
237 
273 
392 
902 
56 
14 
144 
91.J 
31 
22 
2 
256 
231 
576 
1,063 
52 
8 
168 
228 
Total . 
2.482 
1,941 
3,808 
8, 201 
516 
118 
1,240 
1, 871 
22 
3 
229 
244 
6G4 
1, 137 
57 
16 
184 
2 
22 
3 
136 
208 
1, lUO 
43 
4 
99J4 
4 
22 
4 
52 
104 
820 
'970 
40 
22 
560 
r,V2 
5 
22 
2 
69 
91 
1, 760 
1, 920 
23 
11 
288 
C 
22 
1 
50 
102 
1 ’ 080 
1, 832 
11 
608 
22 
1 
96 
144 
2, 196 
2, 436 
46 
24 
53G 
8 
22 
1 
88 
118 
2,480 
2', 686 
51 
24 
527 
9 
99 
9 
109 
180 
2. 464 
44 
32 
696 
11 
23 
2 
81 
85 
1, 237 
1, 403 
18 
36 
264 
12 
23 
9 
62 
81 
2, 790 
2, 939 
14 
13 
296 
13 
24 
4 
112 
140 
4, 288 
4, 510 
59 
30 
616 
705 
14 
24 
7 
145 
101 
4, 116 
4, 362 

18 
23 
9 
131 
131 
2. 296 
2, 558 
56 
24 
503 
19 
23 
8 
78 
205 
4, 036 
4| 319 
76 
30 
754 
20 
23 
11 
146 
210 
4, 160 
4i 522 
21 
24 
1 
122 
202 
3, 816 
3 , 140 
22 
24 
2 
167 
212 
2, 264 
2! 613 
24 
6 
290 
aofi 
23 
24 
3 
176 
143 
1.896 
2, 215 
16 
368 
25 
24 
0 
56 
159 
1, 264 
li479 
C6 
12 
408 
26 
23 
11 
121 
116 
3,216 
3 153 
90 
26 
336 
27 
23 
10 
64 
55 
840 
959 
67 
17 
328 
28 
23 
10 
00 
82 
1,024 
1, 161 
80 
18 
384 
482 
29 
23 
10 
73 
82 
984* 
139 
72 
13 
272 
30 
23 
9 
113 
77 
924 
1 . 114 
79 
21 
296 
396 
Total. 
2. 541 
3, 268 
50, 983 
56, 792 
1, 178. 
406 
8, 638 
10, 222 
July 2 
23 
9 
172 
99 
784 
1 055 
72 
8 
168 
3 
23 
9 
162 
133 
1,047 
100 
19 
160 
9SFi 
4 
23 
6 
285 
279 
832 
1, 396 
88 
18 
208 
j. 
5 
23 
3 
325 
384 
880 
li589 
14 
136 
on 5 
6 
22 
11 
353 
337 
903 
1,593 
1 533 
32 
104 
1 ji 
7 
22 
6 
366 
335 
832 
16 
9 
80 
9 
21 
11 
113 
210 
368 
’ 691 
28 
19 
64 
10 
21 
6 
225 
292 
560 
1. 077 
30 
20 
56 
106 
11 
21 
1 
256 
204 
504 
964 
12 
20 
9 
257 
177 
308 
802 
28 
18 
40 
86 
13 
20 
220 
166 
424 
810 
44 
35 
40 
119 
14 
VO 
1 
212 
188 
464 
864 
20 
29 
16 
,16 
19 
4 
105 
61 
264 
430 
32 
51 
16 
99 
