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runs towards Oquassa Lake, where its bridal voy- 

 age comes to an end. About the middle of 

 November it goes into Mooselucmaguntic Lake, 

 and is seen no more until October of the next 

 year. 



The blueback resembles the Sunapee trout 

 more than any other of the charr species, yet 

 differs from it in size, spawning habits, and mark- 

 ings of the young. The largest blueback weighs 

 only a few ounces, while the Sunapee reaches ten 

 pounds in weight. The blueback is relatively 

 a slenderer charr than the Sunapee, and seems to 

 lack the white edges found on the fins of the 

 Sunapee and other charrs. There have been a few 

 caught in summer with angle-worms as bait, and 

 they have been taken with the same lure while in 

 schools on their spawning beds. They give the 

 angler the impression that the bait only annoys 

 them, and that they take it in an effort to drive it 

 away, — an influence which seems to control many 

 other fish when on the spawning beds. 



The Nares trout [Sahelinus oquassa naresi) is 

 merely an allied varietal form of the blueback trout. 

 It has a greenish back, reddish fins, blunt and deeply 

 forked tail. It never grows beyond a length of 

 ten inches, and so far has been found only in the 

 lakes of Arctic America. 



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