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Salmonidae of Norway. 95 



Trout {Salmo fario ; Norsk, )so'ret). (For description, 



see Map.) 



There is scarcely a river, stream, lake, or pond in 

 Norway which may not be said to contain trout differing 

 in average size, colour, and shape in accordance with the 

 characteristics of the watershed and the water they 

 inhabit. 



Some of the fast-running salmon rivers which I have 



TBOCT, \ tB. (f life-size). 



fished contain few trout, and many small lakes among the 

 hills are said to have sheltered no trout, until a small 

 stock was transferred to them from the nearest river or 

 lake. 



In the larger rivers I have observed trout of from 

 6 lbs. to 8 lbs. in weight feeding at the junction of some 

 backwater with the main stream. These backwaters, as I 

 have previously mentioned, are nurseries for the young 

 of several species of Salmonidae, and for this reason are 



