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Neither tins lisli, however, nor the Nnnmycush, nor, so fur 

 as 1 know, any other of the non-niiirratory Lake Tro.it, strikes 

 with the same tiereene^s and a\iility, sprinniiif; ont of the 

 water to take the hait, and hiipinj; tar and frecincntly al)ovc 

 the snrfaee when hooked, as the Sea Sahnon, the Sahuon 

 'I'ront, or any of the anaihonions speeies of this hiirhly interest- 

 in'.,' family. The motion of the ^MH-at lakiTs is for the most 

 part confined to a heaw himi)erin^' rnsh in pnrsnit of thi- hait, 

 ami to a stroni; di-ad pnll when endeavonrim; to cseajx; after 

 bcinjj strnek. They will hore down desperately at first into 

 the deep water, bnt do not tight with the swift energy, or resort 

 to the cnnning artifices of tlic Salnio Saiar. Strong tackle, an 

 eighteen-foot rod, and a steady hand, will not fail to secnre 

 them, even with far less skill than is required to take a threc- 

 poundcr Brook Tront in a (pnek rnnning river. 



I nn»y add here, in eontinnation of the remarks made above, 

 nndcr the head of Trne Salmon, in reference to the yonng fry 

 of all this family, that Professor Agas^iz has discovered the 

 Pinks, both of this and the preceding species, in what may be 

 called the Parr form, with dnsky lateral transverse bandings. 

 I have not judged it necessary to give ents of these fry, as 

 the fact may be regarded as thoronghly established, and as 

 the other characteristics of these yonng Lake Tnmt arc so 

 broad and distinct, that they eoidd not be easily mistaken 

 cither for tin- xoimtr "f anv of her species or for a distinct 

 variety. 



The above descriptions, as wj-ll as the representation in 

 the wooilcut, are taken, by permission, uhiih is here 

 gratefully acknowledged, from a ••pirited coloured sketch bv 



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