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with which the body is more or less dotted when 

 in fluvial or lacustrine waters, disappear, leaving 

 but few traces of his fresh-water garb. When 

 taken in salt water it is found to be of increased 

 size, upwards of twenty-five pounds, and is gen- 

 erally called by marketmen and anglers " the 

 salmon-trout," which causes greater difficulty in 

 an intelligent appreciation of the technical differ- 

 ences of the charr-trout and the salmon-trout. 

 The numerous local and variant names for the 

 same species of fish in different waters presents 

 the greatest bar to the increase of popular knowl- 

 edge of the fish fauna of American waters. 



The cut-throat is an omnivorous feeder, but, 

 like all species of the same family, is cleanly in his 

 choice of food — he does not touch carrion of any 

 description. Minnows, insects, worms of all kinds, 

 grasshoppers, fresh meat, and above all the arti- 

 ficial fly, when properly and skilfully manipulated, 

 is most attractive ; for he is at all times, when the 

 water is clear, a surface feeder, but is not particu- 

 lar as to coloration or form of the feathered lure 

 presented to him. The angling tourist visiting 

 the native waters of this fish, to be assured of 

 success among the cut-throats, need only stock 

 his fly book with the standard flies used in luring 



