II'S A Ml l:l< '... \V \ ll.l; . 



liver t m II,. Stale of Maine, who e I'm :ir- bordered on our 

 .ide will) ;i ray of pure while; l.ui I know of none whi'-h 

 are not definable as ,W/>/o/o/, ////'///.;, d i fl'eri II" only ill <jii:ill- 

 UK! iiinni|)orf;int i up. rlieial marl. , enerally canned liy 

 I IK- di I met i\ e proper! ies of the waters whieh ear.h family in 

 habil.H. Thus tin- blark mouthed trout, of the :u:un|,y flj 

 \vould KOOII IMTOIIIC :i iinil:.l.-d |,, | | |( . trout of tin- M.'ililK 

 lii:i.n< -. were they I ,r:i.n: ported llnll.er. I'pon tins Miliject 



permit me to quote from Thomas Tod Stoddart,a v< )> In d, 

 authority : 



lt Ortl.e food :md l.;.lils ofl.roiil I h;iv- : nid conip:i r:it i v e- 



ly little; nor have I called direct attention to wli.it m.iy x 



tcrn.<-.l the ero - breed; , in rout ,r:id i: t ind ion to the |,nn: or 



" i inal breed peculiar to each ittream or lake. * * 



I n i . notice that the cross-breeds to which I refer an M i n \> i y 



those which have their origin in the different varieties of t he 



common trout hron-dit into ronluel, wit.h e:ich other at, tin- 

 hreedin-. :e;i on,:ind <lo not, implic;itc t he ^nest lonnhle prod 



uce, or mule* breed, arising from any haphazard connection l>< 

 tween thefario and bull trout, or whitllng, a conn<M tion ;l 



lo-M-ther di connlen;inc(M| |,y n:il nre, :md not, likely to take 



pi. H <*. I may also remark that, although cross varic t i < 



lor a season, or term of seasons^ rival in number the true 



ln-rnl Lelon-'in-r f. ( > tins , r that, stream, and threaten to cx- 

 l.iii ? nii:.h it allo'M-llier, yet, then- is no fe:ir or likelihood of 



such a result, the peculiar nature and qualities of the water, 



aided l.y the rem:nnin" ,ri;/inal M ork, al w:i ys lending to re- 

 in late the breed." This is merely Reasserting th.-.t the (pi.-d 

 of the water w\&feed will govern and regulate tin- color 



:,nd t/ini/i'fi/ of all trout, oj' t he same breed, whet her fniiUmlli;: 



orfcfrio, 



The Speckled be.-.uly kn<,un as Hie brook trout lias been 

 an < l,:niHl,lcHS theme for pastoral poets of all av-e . li ha 

 allord. d i. -real inn lor t.hoiisands of years t,o mo I ..I'llie lov- 

 ern of nature throii'dioul the temperate /one of I he northern 

 l,em, ,,),,. ,e The old and yountf, the learne| and r.-norant, 



