THE WING-FOOTED 



the belly the silver. The characteristic 

 spots of fontinalis seem to be entirely 

 lacking, nor is there any trace of vermi- 

 culation. The lateral line is strongly 

 marked, so that the creature's resplend- 

 ent garment appears to be made in two 

 pieces joined at the sides by the cunning 

 art of the goldsmith. The tail is forked, 

 but not very deeply, and in a gentle 

 curve. Dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins 

 are long, and they, with the tail, suggest 

 power and swiftness. In comparison, 

 the trout looks under-finned. The head 

 is small, and the body long and shapely. 

 Without the depth of the trout, there is 

 almost equal weight for length, by rea- 

 son of a roundness of modelling, which, 

 especially towards the tail, recalls the 

 mackerel. 



The Malbaie trout, in this environ- 

 ment at least, are not anadromous. 

 Spawning in the shallows of the open 

 lake, they do not frequent the streams 

 which feed it or flow from it, nor are 

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