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ble them to evade, if not defend themselves against, 

 the attack of their many enemies. When this time 

 arrives, they doubtless accompany their parents, or the 

 parents of other troutlings (it is, indeed, a wise fish 

 "that knows its own father" or mother), on their 

 migration to the sea. During our stay upon the stream 

 I caught but two trout as small as one-fourth of a 

 pound, but one of six ounces, and few as small as half a 

 pound. The average size of our whole catch was one 

 pound four ounces. 



Since writing the foregoing, I have received from Dr. 

 J. A. Henshall, an answer to a letter that I addressed 

 to him, before I began this article, in which I asked him 

 to give me the nomenclature of the sea trout of the lower 

 St. Lawrence, and also to inform me whether he thought 

 these fish anadromous brook trout. 

 I here record my thanks to the Doctor for his cour- 

 teous compliance with my request, and give a copy of 

 so much of his letter as relates to the fish under consid- 

 eration, which, to my mind, settles the question of the 

 status of the sea-trout of Canada. 



"CYNTHIANA, KY., Jan. 29, 



"DEAR SIR, The so-called ' sea-trout ' or 'salmon-trout' of 

 the lower St. Lawrence, is the brook trout (S. fontinalis), but 

 having access to the sea, becomes anadromous, and like all anad- 

 romous and marine fishes, becomes of a silvery appearance, losing, 

 somewhat, its characteristic colors. The brook trout has a wide 

 range (from northern Georgia to the Arctic regions), and of course 

 presents some geographical variations in appearance, habits, etc.. 



