372 PKAIKIE AND FOEEST. 



(Salmo fontinalifi] is well known periodically, when prac- 

 ticable, to visit salt water ; in fact, they are constantly 

 taken with the fly in the tidal portion of those streams. 

 The char of Norway and Sweden does the same, and I can 

 only say that both these fish are wondrously alike. On 

 the other hand, the brilliant-coloured inhabitants of the 

 interior lakes of Maine, that I have mentioned, cannot do 

 so ; for, if they survived the descent of the Burling falls, 

 their ascent would be impossible. Although the arctic char 

 goes to the sea, the more-resplendent coloured relation 

 remains, I think, constantly in his fresh-water retreats 

 id est, supposing this is a char. To me it would be 

 particularly interesting to know if my surmises as to the 

 proper species of this beautiful fish are correct: and doubt- 

 less there are numbers of English fishermen whose verdict, 

 even from my imperfect description, would set at rest a 

 point important both to naturalist and sportsman.* 



* Since the above was written the surmises of the author are found 

 to be correct. 



