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rich in baptismal nomenclature ; it is, in addition 

 to the name of Great Lake trout, called Mackinaw 

 trout in the region of the Great Lakes. In other 

 sections of the Northwest it is known as the 

 " namaycush " ; it is the " siscowet " or " sisko- 

 witz " in some parts of Lake Superior, and in the 

 northern part of New York it is sometimes called 

 " lake salmon." At Green Bay, Wisconsin, those 

 that have salmon-colored flesh and black bodies 

 are called " black trout " ; those with white flesh, 

 " lake trout " ; around and in Traverse Bay, Michi- 

 gan, the variety taken in shallow water, being 

 long and slender in form, is called " reef trout," 

 and when larger it is known as "a racer," and 

 specimens of another variety are called " pot- 

 bellies." At Grand Haven, Michigan, they are 

 known as shoal-water and deep-water trout, and 

 " buckskins " is the name given them around 

 Thunder Bay in Lake Huron. Coming east we 

 find that " togue " is the general name in most 

 sections of New England, except in Maine where 

 " lunge " is the accepted appellative with a good 

 many fishermen. In Canada we hear applied 

 the name of " forked-tail trout " ; " lunge " in 

 New Brunswick, and " tulade " very generally 

 in the Eastern Provinces; in other sections the 



