The Trout 



gether with the equally absurd name of Absurd Names 

 " black-spotted trout," as applied to the red- 

 throat trout, will soon be relegated to the 

 shades of oblivion, never to be mentioned 

 In polite angling society. If the fish men- 

 tioned was the only black-spotted trout In- 

 habiting Its native waters, It would be a 

 good and suitable name, but unfortunately 

 Its congeners, the rainbow and steelhead 

 trouts, are also " black-spotted " as before 

 mentioned. The name originated, I think, 

 about the same time as " Von Behr." 

 When the first eggs were taken East and 

 hatched the fry were called Rocky Moun- 

 tain trout and California trout, the former 

 name being more applicable than the latter, 

 but neither were very suitable. Our techni- 

 cal knowledge of the Western trouts must 

 have been sadly deficient, however, when 

 they were displaced for " black-spotted 

 trout." 



The brown trout has both reddish-brown As a Game- and 



and black spots, of a larger size than those 



of its American cousins. Altogether it is 



a fine fish, much prized In Great Britain, 



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