302 The Trout s of America 



tempted to eat a crumb of garlic, or even a piece 

 of carp when dressed, condimented, and cooked 

 in the German style. He is like all land animals, 

 including the genus homo ; when hungry he will 

 eat whatever he can get if the food be not 

 repulsive from over ripeness, and it must not be 

 forgotten that this quality is sought for by many 

 epicures among us, who are blase in all things, 

 including appetite. 



The technical description of this charr by 

 ichthyologists agrees substantially with the ob- 

 servations of anglers of stream experience. The 

 body is long, little compressed, only slightly ele- 

 vated, its curved lines symmetrical and tapering 

 posteriorly to its large, nearly square, and power- 

 ful tail fin. The eye is also large, albeit the fish 

 is said to be near-sighted ; the head is big but not 

 long, and the snout somewhat blunt, the space 

 between the eyes being rather broad. The mar- 

 ring feature of this clipper-built fish is the large 

 mouth, almost cavernous ; looking at it in pro- 

 file, it will be found that the upper jaw reaches 

 backward beyond the eye. This condition is 

 characteristic of fontinalis, and with the dark 

 vermiculations on the back will serve to distin- 

 guish it at once from the other charrs. The col- 



