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The only New Yoi-k examples of lake trout wei-e received from 

 James Aniiiii jr, Caledonia, in the fall of 18i)0. They lived and 

 grew i'ai)idly till the warm water killed them in June 1897. 

 They could not endure transfer to salt water of a lower temper- 

 ature, as so many other trout will do, and nothing- else could be 

 utilized to tide them over till the completion of the refrigerating 

 plant. 



Owing to the extensive individual and race variation among 

 trout referred to this species, it seems desirable here to give 

 some notes and measurements made from individuals obtained 

 from New Hampshire and Vermont. Two lake trout weighing 

 about 4f pounds each were shipped in a can only a few inches 

 longer than the fish, from Roxbury Vt. November 17, and, after 

 an express journey of 20 hours without an attendant, one of them 

 survived in good condition, whih^ the other was nearly dead on 

 arrival and died within one hour. The latter was a female, and 

 appears to hav(^ injured itself severely by jumjjing in the can; it 

 was not in good condition when it left Vermont. 12 large brook 

 trout shipped with the lake trout in two cans arrived without 

 injury; these and the lake trout were presented by John W. Tit- 

 comb, Fish and Game Commissioner. 



Commissioner N. Wentworth of Hudson Center N. H. for- 

 warded the New Hampshire lake trout, one from Newfound 

 lake, the other from Lake \\'innepesaukee. They were sent to 

 determine whether the trout of the two lakes, which the fisher- 

 men assert are different species, really are distinct. The com- 

 missioner wrote that "■ the Newfound trout has darker flesh, 

 more like the sea salmon. This is not caused by their food, as 

 both lakes are alive with smelt. The ^Yinnepesaukee lake trout 

 are better biters; tons of llicm arc caught through the ice 

 every wintci-. The Newfound trout are hardly ever caught 

 through lln' ice. A few were caught last winter for the first 

 time to my knowledge. I am sure tluMc is but one variety of 

 lake trout in Newfound lake. We had one in our tanks this 

 fall that would weigh- 25 i)0unds." The only ditt'ereuces to be 

 found on examination were su<'h as relate to the depths at which 



