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Show 198 Lewis a uct f jlLIJ·1cc·s J~.t']JNltf/011 not fit foa· usc. '.rhcy associate ,.,ilia the reel chat', in hHie rivulets and creeks: the Indians say tha.t the salmon IH~I;in to run rat•ly in May. The white salmon trout is about two 1bet and ci~ht inches long, and weighs ten 11ouuds: the eye is modcl'atcJy la•·ge, the pupil black, with a small admixtul'e of yrllow, and iris of a silvc•·y white, and a li1 tic turbid nt:':\1' its bordet• with a yellowish bt·own. The Jins m·o small in proportion to the fish· arc bony but not pointed, cxcc1)t the tail and bacl\ fins, which are pointed a little: the })l'imc ba('k · fin and ventt·al ones contain each ten rays, those of the gills thirteen, that of the 1 ail twelve, and the small fin placed ncar and above the tail has no bony t·ays, but i. a tough flexible substance, covet·t·d with smoo1 h skin. It is thickes· in propot•tion to its width than the salmon: the tonguo is ihick ancl fit·m, IJcset on oaeh bm·dcr with small subulatc teeth. in a singl<.~ SC'rics: the tet•th and the moue h arc as l>cfol'c described. Neither· this fish not· the salmon arc caught with the hook, nor do we lmow on what they feed. 7. 'l'he mounta: n or spcclilcd trout arc found in the wa· tcrs of the 'olumbia within the mountains: they al'C the iiamc with those found in the uppC'I' part of the Mi -souri, but are not so abundant in the Columbia as on thai •·ivc•·t W c neve a· saw this fish below the mountains, but f•·om tho transll::trcncy and coldness of the Koor:;kooskeo, we should not doubt of its rxistcncc in that stream as low as its junction with the southeast IJranch of the Columbia. 8. 'I'he bottlenose is the same with that before mention· ed on the Missouri, and is found exclu~ivrly within the mountain~. or shdl fish we obscl've the clam, lleriwinl\lc, common mu. clc, the cockle, ami a SiJCeics with a. cit•cuhu· fiat !lhdl. 'I'l.w clam of this coast arc vc&·y small; the shell consists of' h\'O valves, which open with hinges: the shell is smooth. thin, of au oval for·m like that of the common muscle, and of sl\ybluc colout·. 1 t is about one and a half iuchcs in lcngtb ~mc.l h<U)bs in clusters to the moss of the rocks: the native" 199 omctimcs eat tlacm. ' l'hc periwinkle both of the river and the O('ean, nt·c similar to those found in the same ·ituation ")II the Atlantie t•.oasi. The common muscle of Otc river ~we al~o the same with those on tl1e riverR of tho Atlantic coast: Chc <'oelde is small, ancl r esrmiJlcs much thnt of the Atlantie: tht•t·e is also an animal that iuhahits a ~hell fH'Ifc<•tJy cic·c ul:w, auout Hu·ce illchcs in cliamcter, H1in and entil'e on thr nt<wgin, <'nHvrx aml smooth on t.h0 uppc•· si(lr·, plaiu on t lie undn· p~ll' ', aml <·ovca·cd with anumht• r or minute capillat·y filll'r s, uy lll t':llls or which it attaches Hr;clf to the siclcs of I he rock ·: the shell is thin, aml con~ ists of om· Yalvt'; a small <•it·culm· a pt' l'lure is fo\·mcd in the <'l'ntrc of tlu.: umlct· slld J: the animal is sot't aJH] boneless. The })dlueid suhs1 a nee and fuci. 'l'lte pcllucidjclly-lil·e substnnct·, t·atlt.·<l (he st·a-ncttlc, i. found iu r;•·ca.t abundance ~1.long the stl·am), whct·c it has UCt'n th1·own up hy the waves and tide: there <li'C tWO S(lCC' iCS of the fu ei thi'OWll up ill that manner: the first sp~l'ins at one <'Xtl't'mity eon ists of a huge \esicle ot· hollow lrsst'l, which will eoutain f&·om one to two gallons: it is of a couiu fol'm, tltt> base of which fol'ms the extreme encl. ancl is c.~onvex and hlobular, beat·ing at its centre some shot·t, bt·oad. and aul-)ula•· libt·cs: the substance is about the con istcn<·c· of tiH' •·iml ora c·it1·on audlon, aml t.lu·cc-foua·t hs of ~UJ iueh tla.iek: the •·ind is suaooth from the small ('Xll'l'JHily of the ('OIH· ; a Joug hollow <•ylindrio and t'l'gula.a· tap{·a·ing 1uhe cxtcutls lo twenty ot· 1hi1·1y feet, and is tlu.•n tt•t'lllitlat(.'(f WII h a lllllllhl'l' of IH'anchew. wJaich arc fiat, half an im:h in widlh. t·ou~h p~u't w ulal'ly on the edges, \\ltt•r·c LIH'.) arc fut·ni ht'd with a uutubct· of little ovate vrsi<·les or bags or tlac siz(' of a pigt· on·~ t·~g: Lui plant seems to be calt~ ula t l'd w Jloat al eaelt t• Xll'('111i1J. "iulc the little end of the tube. ft·om wlu·uc·c· the lu·auclws ptocccd, lie deepest in tLc waL~s·: the otiH•a· spt cics seen on the coast towards ttw Killamucks. rcscmbl '~ a lat·g~ purnpJon; it is solid, ~mtl its spt1ciiic gl'avit.) is gtcatt·t· •ltau the water, thougb somctiwe.s tlu·own out l>y the waves; it is of |