CHAPTER VII 



THE CHARR-TROUTS CONTINUED ; THE DUBLIN POND 

 TROUT THE DOLLY VARDEN TROUT THE SEA 

 TROUT, "SALTERS" THE SAIBLINGS THE ALPINE 

 OR EUROPEAN CHARR OR SAIBLING THE GREEN- 

 LAND CHARR THE LONG-FINNED CHARR THE 

 FLOEBERG CHARR THE ARCTIC CHARR THE 

 SUNAPEE TROUT THE OQUASSA TROUT THE 

 LAC DE MARBRE TROUT. 



TAKING the other charrs seriatim, we first 

 reach the Dublin Pond trout of New England 

 waters (Salvelinus fontinalis agassizii\ which is 

 similar in structure to the brook trout (fontinalis), 

 but differs from it in coloration, being pale gray- 

 ish and almost without red spots, thus resembling 

 the lake trout or togue. It is found mainly in 

 Dublin and Centre ponds in New Hampshire, 

 and Mr. A. H. Thayer, a resident angler, writes 

 that the young fish are " as beautiful as a bar of 

 mother-of-pearl." The adult fish living in deep 

 water are much darker, with more brilliant red 

 spots. These fish have somewhat peculiar traits 

 as viewed from an angling standpoint ; the young 



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