SKA TlJtilT. l~'i 



hi-fiultli :iiul thickm-ss of the fisli, :iii(l tlir ('(Miipiinitivc small- 

 lu-s.s of the lieail, wliicli is proiluccd hy no altiratioii wliativcr 

 of tliat portion of tlir l)otly, hut hy the iiicirasc and tl»\ilo|)- 

 lucut of thi- \hh\\ itM'lf, which, at this sfa.sou and sta^'i' of 

 the animal, is ('i|nal, in its cirrninfcronce, to one-half its 

 len«;th. 



It is wi'll known and nndisputi'd in Loni; Island, that the 

 Pouil-tish and Creek-tish, as tlu'v arc termed, j)ass to and fro 

 between the fresh and the salt water; and althonu'h the Cri-ek- 

 tish are oeeasionally tlure called Sea Trout, it is hy no means 

 us iuiplyinir that they are of a ditfereut speeies, hut merely 

 iudicatiug the water in which tlu-y are taken. 



The fish to whicli 1 retVrred ahove in my introductory 

 remarks on the Salnio/iit/tp, as heinj; perhaps a distinct kind, 

 analogous to the .Sa/z/io Trutta of Linmeus, is hy no means this 

 Trout, but a very different animal, funntl only in the eastern 

 and nortli-castern rivers, «hieh empty their waters into the 

 Hay of Fnndy or the (iulf of iSt. Lawrence. This Trout is 

 found onl\ in these rivers, and so tar as I tan Icai ii. instead of 

 running n[) to the head waters of the streams in order to spawn, 

 comes up only to the foot (jf the first rai)ids with the flood, and 

 returns with the tide of eljh. l]\eii al)ont thi'o Trout I ha\e my 

 doubt.s, though Ijefore finishing this work, I hope to have more 

 definite information on the subject. 



With regard to the fish mentioned aho\e, I have no douhts 

 whatever. It varies in nothing from the Cominon Trout 

 but in tho""' i>!.rf i. i!l:irs \\)ii.l« i.i.i\.- that if h;iH mil to the 

 salt water. 



The last-named variety, Salmo lltuho, which is al.^o cited, on 



