MAI" NTS OF Tin: UHOnK TUUlT. 1553 



Caldwell's on Lake (ieor-^e, from Lake Clmmplain by the 

 Saranae, from Schenectady l)y the fish-honsc, and from the 

 St. Lawrence, it is accessible to the Canadians by the Hl.irk 

 River or the Racket. 



These waters abound in the Brook Trout, and the (Ireat Lake 

 Trout, whereof a word more hereafter, thont:h he very little 

 merits a word ; and ^ood aeeoinniodation <':in now be obtained 

 in many phuis throuj^h that of late inhospitable rej^ion ; but 

 much of the |tli'a.suit' of a tri[) thither is dotroM'd l)y tlir 

 swarms of mo8(iuitocs, and yet worse, of venomous .icupuncturin^j; 

 black and saiul-llics, which phlebotomise almost beyond ciuhir- 

 anee the hapless unacclimated stranp;er who ventures into 

 their demesnes, between May and the latter days of August. 



Beyond this, I will only add, that the haunts of the I'rook 

 Trout closely resend)le those of the Salmon ; that they lie 

 lurkin*; for their passin;^ prey iinder great stones, at the liead 

 or tail of swift-glancing rapids, in the small deep pools between, 

 beneath the roots of great trees which protrude from banks 

 over swirls and whirl|)ools, in hohs, under weirs and shiiees, 

 ami in no placi; more fre(piently than at tlu' tail of null-races. 



The best and heaviest fish do not Ix gin to I'wd until twilight, 

 after which, for about three hours, they are exceedingly vora- 

 cious, reposing again after that, until daybreak is at hand, uhen 

 they ngjiiu feed for an hour or two, lying (pnte still, and often- 

 times refusing the most tempting baits during the whole of the 

 day-time. 



I have been told lately, and see no reason for doubt nig the 

 accumcy of the information, that great s|K)rt nuiy be had by 

 baiting any wcU-asccrt«incU haunt in a ntrcam with the Common 



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