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who informed the public that the salmo fontinalis was 

 a different species from the salmo farrio, and afterwards 

 identified the former with the char of the lakes of the 

 north of England, Scotland, Norway, and Sweden. 

 My own impression is that he is correct. Professor 

 Agassiz, one of the first authorities, adopts, I think, this 

 view, for he uses the same Latin synonym, a proof at 

 least to the sceptical on this point that he did not 

 consider them salmo farrio. In northern waters they 

 take the fly greedily, and when hooked are very game. 

 The largest I have captured was nine pounds in 

 weight; this was a rara avis. However, three and 

 four pound fish are abundant in large rivers; in 

 inferior streams, of course they run much smaller. 



The brilliancy of their scales is really marvellous, 

 far outrivalling the most exaggerated conceptions ; for 

 their backs are a beautiful clear tortoise-shell, gradu- 

 ally approaching a pale green to the lateral line, where 

 a deep orange colour commences, deepening in rich- 

 ness over the stomach, while longitudinally they are 

 traversed by lines of spots of the brightest vermilion. 

 The States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont 

 possess them in abundance; the tributaries flowing 

 from the north into the great lakes and the rivers and 

 streams of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota fairly 

 swarm with them. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 

 fresh waters are also well supplied. 



The size of fly usually employed in the capture of 

 sea trout are the best for taking this fish, unless the 

 angler be following his pursuit on some diminutive 

 brook, when smaller should be used. Beside the 

 salmo fontinalis, in American waters are to be found a 

 great number of other species of Salmonidce such as 



