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THE SEA-TROUT AND SALMON 



fish are disposed to linger as they arrive in the pools from the main 

 river, awaiting the advent of rain, careful fishing with a small 

 ' Doctor ' or ' Ranger ' or ' Admiral/ in the early morning or towards 

 evening, is sure to be rewarded with success. 



Besides the actual fishing, the disciple of Walton will find much 

 to interest him in a trip to Newfoundland. 



Countless as are the lakes of the islands, of all dimensions from 

 fifty yards to fifty miles in length, either on the open savannahs 

 or else embosomed among the pines and firs, each one seems to con- 

 tain a distinct variety of 5. fontinalis. Various accidents of environ- 

 ment develop novel forms and colours. Trout are sometimes met 



A GOOD FIGHTER. 



with which seem to defy classification under the existing system of 

 nomenclature. In one lake I know of, with no shrubbery on the 

 shores, surrounded by a dreary, glaciated waste, the trout, appar- 

 ently dwarfed by starvation, never exceed six or eight inches 

 in length. 



In the Museum at St. John's there is a curious fish labelled a 

 ' smut ' salmon, which is said to be a hybrid form not infrequently 

 met with. The ouananiche on calm evenings startles the deer 

 hunter as it leaps up in the waters of Red Indian Lake, and is also 

 found in the Terra Nova, Badger, and Great Gander Lakes. Rain- 

 bow trout have been successfully introduced by the St. John's 



