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different localities, such as "red sides/' "mountain trout/ 7 

 "brook trout", and "golden trout", also "rainbow trout," 

 while in the states east of the Mississippi River it is gen- 

 erally known as "rainbow trout" or "California trout." 



The Brook Trout: 



Salvelinus fontinalis, or brook trout is counted among 

 the most beautiful, active, and widely distributed of the 

 American trouts, preferring clear, cold, rapid streams, and 

 belongs to that group of trout known as charrs, but it may 

 be distinguished from the other charrs by the dark-brown 

 or black marblings on the back and the general absence of 

 spots on the back. 



The brook trout is highly esteemed for its table quali- 

 ties, having a fine flavor. This trout is a dead game fel- 

 low and consequently is much sought after by the follow- 

 ers of Ike Walton. It has a voracious appetite and takes 

 advantage of every opportunity to satisfy it except 

 during the spawning season, at which time it will partake 

 of no food at all. Being strictly a carnivorous fish, its food 

 consists of Crustacea, mollusca, and various forms of in- 

 sects and worms, but when pressed for hunger it will un- 

 hesitatingly devour its own kind. 



The Lake Trout: 



Cristivomer namaycush, or lake trout is the largest of 

 the trouts and is classed with the charrs. This species is 

 found throughout the chain of the Great Lakes, and in the 

 inland lakes of northern New York, New Hampshire, and 

 Maine; the headwaters of Columbia and Eraser Rivers, 

 streams of Vancouver Island, and even waters within the 

 Arctic Circle. Excepting the whitefishes, it is possibly 

 the most numerous food-fish of the Great Lakes, and for- 

 merly none exceeded it in weight except the sturgeon. Some 

 fishermen cite instances of lake trout weighing as much as 



