DKSC'KUTIUN UK THK MI.Ai K liASS. 2') I 



Brook Trout, tlu- Salmoii 'riMnt.uiul tin- true Salmon, tlic sport 

 which he atlunU « licii thii> hooked ran he \(iv n-adilv 

 inmj;;incil ; nor can he hi; hroii^ht io thr l)a.skct hy ain\ thinj^ 

 short of the l)t'st tackh', and thi- nio>t ihdieatf and masterly 

 nianipnlation. 



In colour, this lish is nt' a dusky l)luish hlack, sometimes 

 with l)ronze rctlections, the undir parts l)Iuish white, the cheeks 

 and {^ill-covers nacrous, ot" a bluish c-olour. 



The l)ody is ciunpressed. Hack arched and j^'ihbons. I'rotile 

 desccndint; ohliipiely to the rostrum, uhieii is modn-ately pro- 

 longed. Scales larjje, truncated. Scales on the opcrriilmn 

 large ; a single series on \\\l' snli-Dpcrciiluni, much smaller on the 

 pre-operculnin, JLscending hi;zh up on the membrane of the soft 

 dorsid and caudal tins. Eyes large ; nostrils double. Opviculuin 

 pointed, with a loose membrane. The lower jaw is somewhat 

 longest. The jaws are smooth anil sealeless. Both jaws are 

 armed with a broad patch of minute conic acute recurved teeth. 

 .\n oblong patch of rasp-like teeth on the vomer, and a banil of 

 the same kind on the palatines. Hranchial arches minutely 

 toothed. I'haryngeal teeth in rounded patches. 



The dorsal tin is composed of nine stout spines; the second 

 dorsal of one spine and fourteen soft rays. The pectorals have 

 eighteen soft rays ; the vcntrals, one spine and five soft rays ; the 

 anals, three spines and twelve soft rays ; and the caudal, sixteen 

 »oft rays. 



It is somewhat dt.ui)tful to me whether the fish known in the 

 waters of Lake Krie, and those generally above the Kails, 

 as the Oswego Wnss, is not di.stinct from this fish, though it is 

 also occasionallv called Black Ba-w. There is very e\identlv 



