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concerning the land-locked Salmon than he could, but at 

 the same time he should like to make up for his detractions 

 of the Black Bass by saying a word or two in favour of the 

 former fish. It was held in high esteem by his countrymen, 

 as might be judged by the fact that the United States 

 Commissioners had for some years carried on a hatching 

 establishment on Grand Lake Stream and the subordinate 

 streams on other lakes in Maine for the propagation of the 

 eggs of this fish. The young fry had been introduced into 

 many smaller streams and lakes in the Northern States. 

 The experiment had not been worked out to the utmost ex- 

 tent yet, but there was every reason to believe that the land- 

 locked Salmon was going to be extremely valuable in the 

 northern lakes, and he saw no reason why it should not be 

 equally valuable in the lakes of Scotland. Mr. Wilmot was 

 equally familiar with this fish, for it might be said to be 

 more abundant in British North America than in the States. 

 It was undoubtedly the same race as the Salmo salar. 

 In some instances it had become land-locked by the erec- 

 tion of dams within the memory of man, in other instances 

 it had become land-locked by natural causes before or 

 soon after the settlement of the country, whilst in other 

 instances, again, it was not land-locked by any artificial 

 obstructions, but remained without any obstacle to its 

 visiting the sea save the great distance it would have to 

 traverse. It lived in the head-waters of some of the large 

 rivers. The same might be said, to some extent, of the 

 red-spotted Trout, or Char (Salmo fontinalis), which in the 

 northern parts of Canada and Nova Scotia descended to 

 the sea, where it lived during a large part of the year, and 

 was known as the Sea Trout, and was a great favourite of 

 anglers. It inhabited the lower stretches of rivers and 

 streams, and frequently descended into the sea; those 



