TROUT AND ANGLING. 



The State of Massachusetts may be said to 

 abound in that highly esteemed and well known 

 fish, the trout^ which is unrivalled, either as an 

 object of gratification to the palate of the epicure, 

 or as contributing to the innocent sport of the an- 

 gler. Every ingenious device which has been 

 practised in other countries to lure this wary, yet 

 bold and voracious fish, has been adopted in this, 

 and with equal success. In treating of them, 

 the subject of angling is necessarily introduced, 

 since all the works which have been published 

 in England, and all well known in this country, 

 upon fishing generally, give them a preeminence 

 over every other, as being most worthy the pur- 

 suit of the scientific angler. 



In Great Britain, trout are divided and subdivi- 

 ded into many varieties, and it is not impossible 

 there may be as many in this country ; but as it 



