WHITE TROUT OF THE SCOODIAC. I45 
CHAPTER YII. 
WHITE TKOIJT OF THE SCOODIAC, OR ST. CEOIX. 
I AM unable to give a scientific description of these 
beautiful and delicious fish, and believe thev have never 
been properly described. Thej however closely resemble 
a dwarfed salmon, and have been supposed to be these 
fish landlocked, prevented, by a natural or artificial 
obstruction, from completing their annual migrations to 
and from the sea. The better opinion, however, is that 
they are a distinct fish, and the color of their sides natu- 
rally suggests the above appellation, although they have 
no popular name. The name Scoodic is applied gener- 
ally to the St. Croix River, its lakes and tributaries, and 
in Maine they are known as the St. Croix Trout, in 'New 
Brunswick as the Scoodic Trout, while Mr. Perley sug- 
gests that they may be the Grey Trout. 
They are, however, extremely tame and numerous, 
take the fly readily, afford excellent sport, and delicious 
eating. They weigh from one pound to four, and may 
be taken in hundreds. The season commences about the 
first of June, and lasts throughout that month, and the 
best files are the gay ones, composed mainly of feathers 
from the g^den pheasant. The scarlet ibis and Irish 
lake flies are prime favorites. 
The steamer of the International Line, from Boston or 
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