CHAPTER IX. 



ACADIAN FISH AND FISHING. 



THE BKOOK TROUT. 



Salmo Fontinalis (Mitchell.) 



The following description of this fish — and I believe 

 the latest — appears in the "Transactions of the Nova 

 Scotian Institute of Natural Science for 1866," and is 

 due to Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin, M.D. : — 



" The trout, as usually seen in the lakes about Halifax, 

 are in length from ten to eighteen inches, and weight 

 from half a pound to two pounds, though these measure- 

 ments are often exceeded or lessened. The outline of 

 back,- starting from a rather round and blunt nose, rises 

 gradually to the insertion of the dorsal fin, about two- 

 thirds of the length of the head from the nose ; it then 

 gradually declines to the adipose fin, and about a length 

 and a half from that runs straight to form a strong base 

 for the tail. The breadth of the tail is about equal to 

 that of the head. Below, the outline runs nearly straight 

 from the tail to the anal fin; from thence it falls rapidly, 

 to form a line more or less convex (as the fish is in or 

 out of season), and returns to the head. The inter-max- 

 illary very short, the maxillary long with the free end 

 sharp-pointed, the posterior end of the opercle is more 



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