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share of their holdings, and I will say that for 

 beautiful trout I have never yet seen any that can 

 equal those taken on the Cape. The salmon 

 trout is the only one I have ever taken. The 

 meat is hard and pinkish in color ; many times 

 it reaches a reddish color, whether it be a brook 

 trout or Salter. 



In closing this article, I will venture this opin- 

 ion in regard to the trout, and In reference to 

 those that reach salt water : I sincerely believe 

 that after spawning they form into schools, and 

 if a certain school starts for the salt water, they 

 go there, whether they are large or small trout; 

 if another school locates at a certain pond in the 

 brook where they find deep pools or holes in 

 which they think they will secure sufficient food 

 for the winter, they stop there. This fact I do 

 know, — that all trout do not, although they have 

 the opportunity, go to the salt water. I know 

 also that small trout go there, and that the age of 

 the trout has nothing to do with it. I am also 

 aware of the fact that they leave the salt water 

 about the fifteenth of May, and I believe in many 

 cases they run up the river into the ponds or 

 source of supply at the head. In regard to trout 

 changing their color from the surroundings, I 

 am still loath believe that it has anything to do 



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