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wick through him and use him for illuminating purposes. But in addition to 
this oleaginous provision, the flesh is specially eatable as pan-fish. 
The White Fish {Coreg onus a/bus) is considered a great table delicacy. 
It attains the weight of twenty pounds, but usually does not exceed three. It 
is not uncommon in the New York markets, as it abounds in Lakes Huron 
and Erie. 
The Grayling ( Thymallus ) is purplish-gray, its dorsal fin banded with 
purple and green, and colored with roseate spots. Its beauty would seem to 
entitle it to the compliment paid it by one of the early Church Fathers 
when he termed it “ the flower of fishes.” Its value as an edible is quite great,, 
so that it is use¬ 
ful as well as or¬ 
namental. 
Every one 
must have heard 
of salmon fishing 
on the Pacific 
coast. Five dis¬ 
tinct species have 
been described by 
the United States 
Fish Commis¬ 
sion. The Quin- 
71 at , or King 
Salmon (Colum¬ 
bia River) gene- 
rally weighs 
about twenty-two 
pounds, but Dad¬ 
dy Lamberts have 
been found weigh¬ 
ing one hundred 
pounds. The 
Blue-Black Sal¬ 
mon (Frazer Ri¬ 
ver) weighs only 
seven or eight 
pounds. The Sil¬ 
ver Salmon (Puget Sound) has about the same weight. The Dog Salmon 
attains a weight of twelve pounds, and the Hump-backed Salmon some six 
pounds. These species of salmon enter the rivers for the sake of spawning. 
Salmon-canning has developed into a giant industry, and there are but few 
eaters of fish who have not reason to be grateful for this addition to his 
Lenten fare. In a single year the Columbia River yielded nearly twenty-six 
million pounds of marketable salmon. 
The Rainbow Trout ( Salmo iridens) has numerous and large scales, is of 
a bluish color, silver, with red bands and red spots on the sides. 
The Salma fontinellis, or Brook Trout, is suggestive to the sportsman 
of the most varied and exciting pleasure. Whether it be in his moments of 
ATTACKED BY SWOP-D FISH. 
