AN UNDESCKIUKI) SI'FXIES. 15'.) 



from the gulf, is rrally inagniliceut ; they average from thrieto 

 five pouiuU eaeh. I foiuul the best fishing at St. rcler's Bay, 

 oil tl»e north side of the island, about twenty-eight miles from 

 Charlotte's Town. 1 there killed in one morning si.xteen 'I'ront, 

 which weighed eighty ixuinds. 



'• In till" buys, and along the coasts of tlic i>l.iu(l, they are 

 taken \\'u\\ the scarlet lly, from a boat under easy sail, with 

 a • maekei-i'l l)ree/.e,' and ofti-ntimes a hea\y 'ground swell.' 

 The tly ski[)s from wavi' to wave; at the end of thirty yards of 

 line, and tluMe should be at least seventy yards more on the 

 reel. It is splendid sport ! as a strong tish will make some- 

 times a long run, and give a good ehase down the wind." 



This clear, able, and sportsmanlike account of this line fish 

 perfectly establishes the fact of its existence as a distinct 

 species, intermediate between the true Salmon {Saimo Safar), on 

 the one hand, and the Hrook Trout {Sa/ino FontinoHs), on the 

 other. And it nnist on no account l)e confounde<l with the 

 non-migratory Lake Trouts, which ha\e just been described, 

 and which are sometimes erroneously and absurdly called 

 Salmon Trout. They ucvcm* (juit the purely fresh water — these 

 never leave it. These are anadronious, tho.sc stationary. 



Those are a worthless fish, both to the sportsman and the 

 epicure, companitively speaking ; these are in all respects the 

 most valuable of the species, with the exception only of the 

 true Salmon ; and neither in excellence of flavour nor in 

 sporting (|ualitications do they fall behind even him, although 

 they arc far inferior in weight and size. 



Mr. ^ arrel .ntates that the length of the head in this fisli is 

 as one to four to the length of the whole body, and the depth 



