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by Mr. Charles Hallock, in his " Fishing Tourist/' and 

 of certain streams in Connecticut, as mentioned by Mr. 

 W. C. Prime in "I go a-Fishing," are genuine brook- 

 trout. Although they have access to the salt water, 

 and go there for food — and hence are fat and delicious 

 in flavor — they are not anadromous Irooh trout. They 

 do not "j^ss from the sea into fresh waters, at stated 

 seaso ns " (Webster's Die). They are caught at all 

 tinies from February or March until the following 

 autumn in fresh water, and, as Hallock expresses it, 

 " they run in and out with the tide." 



When this article was commenced it was my inten- 

 tion to write not only of the sea-trout, but to give an 

 account of our excursion in 1874 ; and in doing so to 

 speak of the events of each day succeeding those of 

 which I have written. It has already exceeded in 

 length the measure that was fixed upon, hence I can 

 give the reader only a casual glance at us as we proceed 

 to our destination ; and a look now and then into our 

 camp. 



I left our party — breakfast over — at the Sault au 

 Cochon, at about eight A. m. of August 4th. Soon 

 thereafter we set sail and made such progress that a few 

 hours brought us to the mouth of our river. It was 

 low tide when we reached it — low tide means something 

 here, as the tide has a rise and fall of fifteen feet — and 

 hence the anchor was dropped near the river's mouth, 

 canoes launched, our personal baggage transferred to 

 our respective canoes — Macdonough's was named Com- 

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