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SALMON ID^. 



cannot be readily mistaken, and, being both permanent and 

 invariable, are quite sufficient to establish diversity of species. 



It is not in formation, 

 moreover, or appearance 

 only, but in very many of 

 his habits, that the Brook 

 Trout {Sahno Fontinalis) , of 

 America, differs from his 

 congener, the Common Trout 

 {Salmo Fario), of Europe. 



Still, in general, his man- 

 ners, his haunts, his prey, 

 and his mode of taking it, 

 o so closely resemble those of 

 s the European Trout, that, as 

 i a general rule, the instruc- 

 tions gisen for the taking 

 the one will be found suc- 

 cessful as regards the other ; 

 and the flies, baits, and ge- 

 neral style of tackle, as well 

 as the science of capturing, 

 with some few exceptions, 

 which will be noticed here- 

 after, are nearly identical, on 

 the two sides of the Atlantic. 

 As in Europe, so in Ame- 

 rica, although there are countless varieties of this most beau- 

 tiful of fishes, almost indeed a variety for every stream, still, 



