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the locality of the springs in the bottom of the lake, or lie 

 down in such deep water as has not been rendered tepid by 

 the rays of the sun; but as the season advances, and 

 becomes proportionably cool, the fish retake themselves to 

 the streams, either for the purpose of spawning, or because 

 the rapid water is a more suitable residence during the 



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severity of a northern winter. This migration, if such it 

 may be called, has a great resemblance to the movements 

 of salmon, except that the latter have the choice of the 

 ocean instead of the land-locked lakes. From the above, 

 our readers will see that midsummer is not the season to 

 select for a visit to this picturesque neighbourhoood, even 



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