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average is not over seventeen. It varies greatly in 

 form and color in different waters. In Lac des 

 Neiges, Canada, it is said to be, by Professor 

 Garman, almost black. 



The local nomenclature of this fish is more 

 singular and varied than that of any other species 

 of the salmon family. In the northwest it is the 

 " namaycushj' the " togue," or " tuladi." In 

 Maine and New Brunswick it is also sometimes 

 called the ** lunge." It is the " siscowet " or 

 " siskowitz " of Lake Superior, and in the northern 

 part of the lake it is generally known as the 

 " Mackinaw trout." In the northern part of 

 New York it is sometimes called " Lake salmon," 

 and the Maine Indians designate it by a name sig- 

 nifying "fresh water cod." At Green Bay, Wis- 

 consin, those having salmon-colored flesh and 

 blackish bodies are called " black trout," those 

 with white flesh, " lake trout." About Great 

 Traverse Bay, the variety which is taken in shal- 

 low water, being long and slim, is called " reef 

 trout," and when it is larger it is known as " a 

 racer." Specimens of another variety, short and 

 chubby, are called " pot-bellies." At Grand 

 Haven they are known as shoal-water and deep- 

 water trout, and " buckskins " is the name given 

 them around Thunder Bay in Lake Huron. 



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