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ever it has been introduced in the Western and 

 Northwestern states lying between the Mississippi 

 River and the Alleghany Mountains. I have 

 taken them in Michigan and found them superior 

 to any other fish of similar size in any water. 

 East of the Alleghanies there are some waters in 

 v/hich they do not thrive, or disappear, from some 

 cause, entirely. On the other hand, there are 

 streams, particularly in northern New York, 

 where they grow in vigor of muscle beyond the 

 limit of gameness shown in the parent fish of the 

 McCloud River. Again, the mountain streams of 

 western North Carolina are peculiarly adapted to 

 them, and they grow therein to a large size and 

 great fighting qualities ; in New England waters, 

 where they have been recently introduced, they 

 are thriving well and yielding good sport on the 

 rod. 



It would seem superfluous to describe the 

 markings and coloration of the Shasta rainbow, 

 for the broad reddish lateral band should be a 

 sign manual on sight; but the angler must remem- 

 ber that the cut-throat and steelhead trouts are 

 being very generally introduced into waters east 

 of the Sierra Nevadas, and that these fish also 

 display the same markings on the sides, and may, 



