Sea -Trout 



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inferior quality of the large sea-trout to its having spawned, and the 

 oftener it spawns the coarser it becomes. 



There is yet 

 another fish the 

 so-called salmon 

 bull-trout. These 

 are found in all 

 our rivers in which 



salmon are found. m&aBSiaaa&3[: . .- ^S&&B3S9t&?&D - 



In my first edition 

 of this work I said 

 these fish grow to 

 as large a size as 

 the largest salmon. 

 Since then I have 

 had reason to alter 

 my views as I find 

 this is not the case. 

 Of those which 

 have come under 

 my notice the 

 heaviest scaled 42 

 Ibs. and I find very 

 few to attain the 



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as the time occu- 

 pied in spawning 

 takes the fish away 



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from the sea where 



the increase in weight takes place. They are readily distinguished from 



the salmon by the number of spots appearing along their sides, and as a 



