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Salmo TriMa in the American Angler's Guide, and in Smith s Fishes 

 of Massachusetts, is, as I have already observed, nothing resembling 

 it, but the very Brook Trout described above, with the tri-colored fin, 

 improved by a visit to salt-water. 



I may here observe, en-passani, that my distinguished friend, ^Ir. 

 Agassiz, was not aware, a few months since, of the existence of this 

 fish as an American species. 



It cannot fail to prove a great acquisition to the list of the American 

 angler, as there is no bolder or better fish, and its haunts are of no 

 difficult access. I learn that an English yacht is already fitting out, 

 in order to take the field against the Sea Trout in the gulf this very 

 summer ; and I doubt not that ere long some of our New York clip- 

 pers will spread their wings in emulation of their brothers of the angle 

 from the eastern side of the broad Atlantic. I can conceive no more 

 delightful trip, no more exciting rivalry. 



