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dams or rapids, as soon as ever the ice breaks up in spring. We 

 have seen a Sebec specimen caught April twenty-first. The Stony- 

 Lake and St. Croix fishing is best in May ; while in the Saguenay 

 it is at its prime in the middle of June. In the autumn they again 

 pass up the rivers and are taken with the fly ; remaining in the 

 clear streams until the spawning season is passed, or until Novem- 

 ber. While the landlocked salmon is as capricious as others of 

 the Salmonidce, there are some patterns of artificial flies that seem 

 to suit it best, viz. ; a deep yellow fly, both body and wings ; a fly 

 with black wings and yellow body ; a grey fly ; a red body and grey 

 hackle ; brown wings and black body ; these are the best colors, 

 the yellow and black prevailing. 



As a game fish, it is hardly equalled except by the true salmon. 

 Its strength and agility are surprising. When hooked it will fre- 

 quently make a succession of leaps, two or three feet clear of the 

 water. When the evening is calm and tranquil, after a warm day 

 or a stormy period, it is the best time to cast the fly. At this hour 

 the fish emerge from their cool places of concealment, where re- 

 pose has sharpened their appetites, and they pursue with avidity 

 the insects that sport near the surface of the stream, or the little 

 minnows which venture from their safe places on the shallows. 



The differences in color between the lake and migratory salmon 

 are not great, and color is not regarded as of any importance in 

 relation to specific character. The sea salmon has a more silvery 

 lustre. Colorings depend upon food and locality, as well as upon 

 age, season and the purity of the water. The young landlocked 

 salmon, termed salmo gloveri, have a few small reddish orange 

 dots in the middle of the black spots, which are wanting in the 

 adults. 



For some time the wininnish was regarded as a distinct variety 

 of fish. Upon this point the following letter will be considered 

 conclusive : 



Calais, Me., Sept. 8th, 1875. 

 Chas. Hallock, Esq : 



I have compared the wininnish of the Saguenay with the land- 

 locked salmon of Maine, salino gloveri, and think them the same. 

 Some years ago, some of the Saguenay fish were sent to Cam- 

 bridge. Prof. Agassiz, Mr. Putnam and myself compared them, 

 and Agassiz thought them the same. I have no doubt that the 



