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concerning the land-locked Salmon than he could, but at 
the same time he should like to make up for his detractions 
of the Black Bass by saying a word or two in favour of the 
former fish. It was held in high esteem by his countrymen, 
as might be judged by the fact that the United States 
Commissioners had for some years carried on a hatching 
establishment on Grand Lake Stream and the subordinate 
streams on other lakes in Maine for the propagation of the 
eggs of this fish. The young fry had been introduced into 
many smaller streams and lakes in the Northern States. 
The experiment had not been worked out to the utmost ex- 
tent yet, but there was every reason to believe that the land- 
locked Salmon was going to be extremely valuable in the 
northern lakes, and he saw no reason why it should not be 
equally valuable in the lakes of Scotland. Mr. Wilmot was 
equally familiar with this fish, for it might be said to be 
more abundant in British North America than in the States. 
It was undoubtedly the same race as the Salmo salar. 
In some instances it had become land-locked by the erec- 
tion of dams within the memory of man, in other instances 
it had become land-locked by natural causes before or 
soon after the settlement of the country, whilst in other 
instances, again, it was not land-locked by any artificial 
obstructions, but remained without any obstacle to its 
visiting the sea save the great distance it would have to 
traverse. It lived in the head-waters of some of the large 
rivers. The same might be said, to some extent, of*the 
red-spotted Trout, or Char (Salmo fontinalis), which in the 
northern parts of Canada and Nova Scotia descended to 
the sea, where it lived during a large part of the year, and 
was known as the Sea Trout, and was a great favourite of 
anglers. It inhabited the lower stretches of rivers and 
streams, and frequently descended into the sea; those 
