SALMON.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18127, 17 July 1924, Page 13

SALMON.

k, rst bditob or "raz rnzss." gjr —I hope Mr Godby will not tgiik'me discourteous : for not having earlier n<rticcd his criticisms, but in ties- of the loog correspondence behimself and "Angler," I have , hesitated to enter the fray. besiesj I hare had to nnish The Oreat Horaance." , , , T TV™ are jn«t two points'th-nt I JimM like to touch upon: (1) Death S d and fy The Parent Hivcr tneory. In regard to the foimei rL I mildly protest against Mr SjWg building up an argument on misrepresentation ? He says I Mr I said no such thing. r ~ii I was "inclined to agree, which it materially different. No doubt Mr flodbv's misrepresentation is unintentional though be repeats it in his letter'of July 4th, and, I think; in aaother letter as well. All I wished to iaiSly was that there might still be a took that "all" Pacific salmon die aft# spawning. I think I indicated lie current belief, that vast numters die but may there not be a possibility i&tfc some feh arriving late in t-he> geason and spawning' low down in thei get back to ;tho sea before dy-iW-and live to spawn again. Even i]gftw£4uoted Jordan and Evermann are ni>t altogether on the side of the "all-there." They say "A great majority of them die. In the head waters unquestionably all die after onoo spawning." Ite great authorities nre not aa ■ depnatic As Mr Godby. Apparently a < shadow of doubt haa crossed tlieir aniida aa to whether, in the lower ufateßß, all die. Should there be but a brief interval between spawning in the : fresh water and returning to the stilt, -there would be but a short non-feeding ?">jWiod; and; in such case, is there not a possibility that no spawning-mark would be disclosed on the scales ? Under;; somewhat analogous circumstances, in regard to feeding, Atlantic Mhnoß scales have shown no spawning mart - 'JIu regard to the parent river theory Kttle jutfre need be said. It. is disfrtoed hefls. It has been disproved algewlfare.' \ That the majority rattint .'to their home river none will depute, because they have been feeding h the sea liear that rivei-, and thereJSfeitii the, easiest way to a spawning befc' Ibe.'point is reiy well put by ofcxpenenced authority on the Jttff&tion of fishes, Alexander Meek, IjMssor v. «f, -Zoology. "American %86r»," he -says, "are of the opinion |m.wnile if! is # true many return to njgxfatftoK their.. origin, this is mora Iguaintf,?«f ,chan<ie than neoessity or jpSSaefosllie instinct is to: seek fresh l&tzybm maturity compels them, nttknees are mentioned of salmon at-. taunt streams where, no ive spawned," utftke the much-quoted nermann. They clinch ®r.. "It is the prevafl- " they say,,"that the ne special instinct which return to spawn, on the gftmnds where they were. d&W&tSSI tOn(i"ariy ! is m alinon,.. and we : do riot ©-true.'' Mr Godby r Bvermann, hence "this tig their habits in New isy take leave to doubt IcL Jias been acquiring waee -hei wais separated. w..the-Gretaooous period, aigCf them in a couple Tew Zealand. II; humility- may I add otttroversialists? Surely 1 to look for truth with - ur hands! Ours is the' t Therefore, -as our I?,aak 118 endeavour to make • suitable to our. ouieT. I feel sure ft region ■ as. the jßangi- , °°« d find a "thatched' ale, and. lavender <vnd- twenty ballads SSBpw the wa11,".; tie could redifferences,' or - agree to using the cudgel. 1 I would now talce leave " An ß ler " in the "I;now'part with you thougihts, not only for " .'your recreation, and so, r God keep you both f - BOSS. ' July 15th.