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ordtTs, I Imvi- hocii compi'llcd to go into luitural history; juul 

 that you limy see the whole, 1 send some reports printed in 

 1^17, iiuludin': one on the Forest Trees of New Brunswiek. I 

 proeiired the steoiul edition of \ arn-l whiii in Loiuhjn hust 

 year, and thi' heantiful snppU'nient eontainin^' the phites f)l' the 

 Sahnon, from the UttK- Pair n[) to the (irilse of two years, all of 

 whieh I have heiMi eoiiipelK-d to stud\-. 



"The \Vhite Trout of the (Julf of St. Lawrence is precisely 

 similar to the Stilmo Tntttn of Yarrel. The drawiiij^ of Ndl. 1 1., 

 p. 7 7, second eilition, is a very good representation of our 

 White Trout. In June, when in the finest condition, they 

 are somewhat deeper than there represented " — the cut is a 

 fac-simile of tlic plate in Yarrel alluded to hy Mr. I'erley — 

 " the shoulder is tlicn exceedingly thick ; tiie head, espe- 

 cially in the female, is very small. 1 never heard of any 

 weighing nu)re than seven pounds. I have never seen a 

 White Trout on this side of the province, or anywiiere except 

 within the gulf. They are of delicious flavour when newly 

 caught, the white curds lying thick hetween the hriglit |)ink 

 flakes; and they do not cloy like the Salmon. 



" Many of the Common Trout {Salmo Farin )" — Fontinalh' 

 — "also visit the mixed water of the estuaries, and very likely 

 go out to sea. They then aecpiire a very silvery brilliancy, and 

 their condition becomes greatly improved ; but they cannot be 

 mistaken, even then, for the White Trout. Thev are a longer 

 fi.sh — their heads an- larger — the colour of the spots is more 

 brilliant, and there an- more of them ; and the trieoloiired tins 

 leave no room for doubt, as the fins of the White Trout are 

 v«ry pale, and of a bluish white. When first lifted from the sea, 



