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saud-hopper, with ^yhich some of their stomachs were completely 

 crammed." 



" The largest adult fish of this species I have ever seen," 

 Mr. Yarrel adds, "was in the possession of Mr. Groves, the fish- 

 monger in Bond-street. This specimen, which occurred in 

 June, 1831, was a female, in very fine condition, and weighed 

 seventeen pounds." 



Never having myself seen this fish in America, although per- 

 fectly familiar with it in Great Britain, but ha\dng good reason 

 for being sure that it existed in the great estuary of St. Law- 

 rence, and in the Bays of Gaspe and Chaleurs, I wrote, so soon 

 as I decided on the preparation of this work, to a friend, 

 Mr. Perley, in New Brunswick, Her Majesty's emigration 

 officer at St. John's, knowing that I might rely as well on his 

 kindness in supplying me with any information he might 

 possess on tlie subject, as on his skill and thoroughness as a 

 sportsman and fly-fisher, and his science as an icthyologist. 



He obligingly replied to me at length, besides sending me a 

 highly valuable report on the Eisheries of the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, fully confirming my opinion of the existence of this noble 

 and sporting fish in the pro^^ince. 



Without farther comment I proceed to lay his observations 

 before my readers, premising only, that while they fully prove 

 the identity of the New Brunswick White Trout with the 

 Salmon Trout of Yarrel {Sabno Trutta), and distinguish it from 

 the Brook Trout, whether English or American [Salmo Fario, or 

 Salmo Fontinalis), they show some remarkable differences in 

 habit from the same fish in the British Islands. 



" You will perceive," says Mr. Perley, " that, under official 



