CHAPTER VII 



THE CHARR-TROUTS CONTINUED ; THE DUBLIN POND 

 TROUT — THE DOLLY VARDEN TROUT — THE SEA 

 TROUT, "SALTERS" — THE SAIBLINGS — THE ALPINE 

 OR EUROPEAN CHARR OR SAIBLING — THE GREEN- 

 LAND CHARR — THE LONG-FINNED CHARR — THE 

 FLOEBERG CHARR— THE ARCTIC CHARR — THE 

 SUNAPEE TROUT — THE OQUASSA TROUT — THE 

 LAC DE MARBRE TROUT. 



Taking the other charrs seriatim, we first 

 reach the Dublin Pond trout of New England 

 waters {Salveli7ius fontinalis agassizii), which is 

 similar in structure to the brook trout [fontinalis)^ 

 but differs from it in coloration, being pale gray- 

 ish and almost without red spots, thus resembling 

 the lake trout or togue. It is found mainly in 

 Dublin and Centre ponds in New Hampshire, 

 and Mr. A. H. Thayer, a resident angler, writes 

 that the young fish are " as beautiful as a bar of 

 mother-of-pearl." The adult fish living in deep 

 water are much darker, with more brilliant red 

 spots. These fish have somewhat peculiar traits 

 as viewed from an angling standpoint ; the young 



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