336 TROUT AND ANGLING. 



that described as the salmon trout of England; in 

 fact, no two authors agree upon the subject. Since 

 then, those of which we are speaking, possess the 

 obvious qualities of their species, to say nothing of 

 the more scientific arrangement established by nat- 

 uralists, by whom the trout and salmon are classed 

 as distinct species, — since they possess neither the 

 form, the fat, the flavor nor the projecting excres- 

 cence of the under jaw, peculiar to the male sal- 

 mon, since the longitudinal line as well as the spots 

 are more clearly defined, — we may, however our 

 minds have harbored a doubt that a whale is a fish, 

 as safely arrive at the conclusion that a trout is not 

 a salmon, as that " fleas are not lobsters." 



With the exception of a few observations, 

 which apply to the species generally, our remarks 

 thus far have been mostly confined to the variety 

 which we denominate the pond-trout ; we proceed 

 now to speak of the second description, viz: — the 

 brook or river-trout, considering them as strictly a 

 fi:esh water fish . And in this class, we mean to 

 include, as before observed, such as are found in 

 the artificial ponds, as well as the running w^ater 

 by w^hich they are supplied, for they are precisely 

 the same fish, difl^ering only in size, in which the 

 pond-fish have generally the advantage, since they 

 are less approachable, and not so effectually thinned 

 out as the trout of the streams. They may be 



