. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 224 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. " At eleven months its length is four and a half inches, and the bright silvery scales are now seen descending towards the region of the belly. "A Salmon-fry at twelve months old is
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 224 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. " At eleven months its length is four and a half inches, and the bright silvery scales are now seen descending towards the region of the belly. "A Salmon-fry at twelve months old is called a 'Smolt.' " ' It now assumes the migratory coat, that is, the silvery one. The transverse bars have disappeared, and so have the pink spots on the sides. The young fish, a part of the back, belly, and head, is covered with bright silvery scales. At the shoulder a few Trout-like spots are visible. It is now ready at the first fitting opportunity to commence journeying down river to the sea. In order to induce and enable smolts to do so, it is not necessary that rivers should be flooded, but there must be a sufficient volume of water to carry the migrating fish safely over weirs, shallows, and other impediments. They will not migrate at low ; Although repeating in part what has just been said, to elucidate the subject still further, I give on the next page my own explanation of the subjoined Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler
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