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DUBLIN POND TROUr 



THE Dublin Pond trout — Sahelinusfon- 

 tinalis agassizi, the subspecific name 

 after Louis Agassiz — is a sub-species 

 of our own Eastern brook trout, fon- 

 tinalis. Its color is pale grayish, with few spots, 

 resembling somewhat in markings the lake trout, 

 namaycush. It is found in Dublin Pond near 

 Keene, and in Centre Pond, New Hampshire, and 

 doubtless exists in other waters of the same State. 

 It formerly swarmed in Dublin Pond to the extent 

 that the farmers are said to have backed their 

 wagons into the shallows and scooped in the fish 

 with nets, for manuring purposes. Mr. A. H. 

 Thayer, an observant angler, residing in Monad- 

 nock, New Hampshire, has written at large to the 

 author on the subject of the habits of this trout. 

 He states : 



" The young are as beautiful as a bar of mother- 

 of-pearl, but the adult fish, living in deep water, 

 are much darker ; they show bright red spots, 



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