CHAPTER I. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISHES. 



SECTION FIRST. 



LAKE TKOUTS. 



THE non-migratory lake trouts of North America, as far 

 as has been yet ascertained, comprehend three forms, to 

 which the following specific names have been given: the 

 NAMAYCUSH, or GREAT TKOUT OF THE LAKES ; the TOGUE, 

 or GRAY- SPOTTED LAKE TKOTJT; and the SISCOWET. The 

 first was described by Pennant at the close of the last "cen- 

 tury, the second by Dekay in 1842, and the third by Agassiz 

 in 1850. According to the present state of our knowledge 

 of their haunts, it appears that the namaycush inhabits the 

 great lakes extending from the Northern United States to 

 the Arctic Sea. The togue is said by some writers to fre- 



THE TOGUE. Salmo conjlnies. 



quent only the New England, Nova Scotian, and New Bruns- 

 wick lakes, including the State of Maine; while the siscowet 

 is seemingly restricted to Lake Superior, where Agassiz also 

 recognized the namaycush. But little is known of their hab- 

 its ; moreover, several instances have occurred lately of one 



