THE AMERICAN TROUT. 13 
called Trout at the South, that a more particular descrip- 
tion does not seem necessary. 
Another fish taken at the ISTorth in the smaller lakes is 
called Red Trout, and attains the weight of twenty-five 
pounds. It is rare, and w^ould appear to be an unde- 
scribed species, difi'ering from the trout of the brooks 
and lakes, and not generally known even to sportsmen. 
A fish of a somewhat similar character was on exhibition 
at an eating-liouse in this city, but appeared to have 
been scaled. It was three feet six inches long, and 
weighed eighteen pounds. The back was very dark, the 
sides being of a lighter neutral tint, without any spots. 
There were a number of vomerine teeth, and the fin- 
rays, as far as could be ascertained by a cursory 
examination, were — 
Br. 12 ; D. 13 ; P. 11 ; Y. 8 ; A. 11 ; C. 19f . 
This fish was said to have been taken in Maine, and 
differed entirely from the ordinary brook and lake trout. 
The fin-rays of the brook trout, as scientifically given 
by Do Kay, are — 
D. 13-0 ; P. 12 ; Y. 8 ; A. 10 ; C. 19|. 
Trout are in season from the first of February to the 
first of September in the Long Island streams ; from April 
to September in those streams of the New England States 
that communicate with salt water ; and from May till 
September in the upland waters of the middle and east- 
ern States. There is but one mode of. taking them — 
namely, wdth the fly ; although it is said poachers and 
pot hunters capture them wdth worms, minnows, nets, 
and even with their own roe. These villanies are not 
at present punished with death nor even imprisonment 
