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land charr but little is known. It is not supposed 

 to be a distinct variety from the long-finned charr. 



The Arctic charr [Salvelinus alpinus arcturus) is a 

 native of Victoria Lake and Floeberg Beach, Arc- 

 tic America, and is the most northern salmonoid 

 known. We possess but little knowledge of its 

 habits, as only a few specimens have reached our 

 scientific institutions. It is closely allied to the 

 two last named species. 



The Sunapee trout [Salve linus alpinus aureolus) is 

 a large charr, growing to a length of twelve to eigh- 

 teen inches, originally found in Lake Sunapee, New 

 Hampshire, and since discovered in waters near 

 Ellsworth, Maine. It is evidently a close relation 

 or, perhaps, identical with the European charr, 

 known as the saibling, which Professor Garman 

 says was introduced into Sunapee Lake from Ger- 

 many. Layman advocates, here and there, insist 

 upon its being indigenous to the lake. Certainly 

 no fish coming to the surface in American waters 

 has ever found such difficulty in being awarded its 

 legitimate origin. 



Be this as it may, we know it to be one of 

 the purest representatives of the charr or saibling 

 found in our native waters. It is a fish of excel- 

 lent quality, both on the rod and table, and of 

 unusual beauty of form and coloration. Its back 



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