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fish; viz. the red, the yellow, and the 

 white, the former of which ranks highest 

 in estimation ; but the more generally receiv- 

 ed and most probable opinion is, that this 

 difference arises from the quality of the 

 food, or from the water which they inhabit 

 being impregnated with some substance ca- 

 pable of producing this effect. Certain it is, 

 that their haunts, voracity, and modes of 

 feeding, are every where alike. 



They spawn about the latter end of Octo- 

 ber or beninninor of November, at which 

 time they are unwholesome and not worth 

 eating. At this season they constantly work 

 up the stream in order to find proper situa- 

 tions for spawning, for which purpose they 

 generally prefer brooks, where gravel or 

 sand mixed with small stones abounds, in 

 which they root a bed for this deposit. This 

 being effected they appear quite exhausted, 

 and wasting away become soft and lean. In 



