I.oNt; ISl.AN'n TKiiI-r FlslllN(i. .ill 



'" In Canada, an<l in tin- Hrilisli I'rovincrs to tlio ea.stwanl ot 

 Maim-, it is true that Sea 'iVoiit, or Sahiioii Pool, are taken of 

 large size in the St. Lawrence, and in tlu> rivers fallinj; into tlie 

 bays of Ciaspe ami Chaleurs ; l)ut alth()u;^'h oecasionally con- 

 founded with the Trout proper, this is in truth a totally dill'erent 

 fish, and one, so far as I know, which is never taken in anv of 

 the waters of the I'nitcd States. 



** In ap[)i'araiUH', the Hrook Trout of America and (Jrcat 

 Britain are to luy eye almost identical ; both prcsentin;.r, in well- 

 fed and wi'll-conditioned fish, the same smalluess of head, (le|)th 

 of belly, and breadth of back ; the same silvery lustre of the 

 scales, the same brij^^ht crimson spots. The tlesh of the Ameri- 

 can fish, when in i)rimc order, and taken in the best waters, is, 

 I must confess, of a <lecpcr red hue, and of a higher llavour, 

 than that of any which it has been my fortune to taste at home 

 — and I have often eati'u the Thames Trout, which, rarely taken 

 below ten pounds in wi-ij^^ht, are esteemed by epicures the very 

 best of the species. 



'• We travel now. be it observed, by railroad to om- fi>hiiiir 

 stations, but for the convenience of reviewing the country, and 

 scannin;; the waters, in rej;ular succession as we pass castwaird, 

 I will suppose that, as in the pleasant days of old, we are rol- 

 ling along iu our light wagon, over the level roads, on a mild 

 afternoon in the latter days of March, or the first of .\pril. 



" We have started from Williamsbnrgh or Brooklyn, after an 

 early dinner ; pa-ssed through Jamaica; rolled over the plains 

 towards llemiMtead ; and, paA.sing through it without stoppa;:e, 

 have turned suddenly t«> the right towards the bays, beyond 

 which lies the Ijcach, with the incc»»ant surge of the Atlantic 



