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species, congregate in winter in its deeper waters ; 

 feeding upon the surface, as the weather grows 

 warm and the season advances, and depositing 

 their spawn in the still shallows of the rivers 

 which flow from it. Their spots are large, faint 

 and dark. Their shape is long like the mackerel, 

 but without its symmetry, and their average weight 

 from three to five pounds. 



Though what we denominate, more strictly 

 speaking, pond-trout, have no red spots, there may 

 be some exceptions, even among such as are 

 found in natural ponds. But their distinction as 

 a species, is indicated by their never attaining the 

 same weight. For instance, in the town of Bel- 

 grade, in the state of Maine, there are two ponds 

 united by a river, called Long Pond and Snow's 

 Pond, the latter of which flows into the Kennebec, 

 where the trout are of a very beautiful description, 

 as it respects their form, bright vermilion spots, 

 and the pink-color of the flesh. They however do 

 not grow to a very large size, yet much larger 

 than the generality of brook and river trout. 



These fish are not often caught in the ponds 

 above named, but as the spring advances they 

 are taken in the river which unites them. Warm 

 weather drives them back into the deep waters 

 of the ponds again, whence they return in 

 the autumn to deposite their spawn, at which 



