172 NATURALIST'S CASTNET. 



Description Habits food. 



but no salmon was ever seen above the cataract ; 

 consequently, the species in question which are 

 very numerous, and constantly breed there, can- 

 not be the abortive or mature offspring of that 

 fish. 



THE SALMON-TROUT, 



SO called from its resemblance to the two 

 fish whose names it bears; it attains the size of 

 a small salmon, is spotted in the same manner 

 as the trout, and like it spawns in winter. Like 

 the salmon it sometimes inhabits the sea, and 

 sometimes the rivers ; it likewise ascends into 

 the latter to deposit its spawn. The salmon- 

 trouts, however, do not quit the sea so early 

 as the salmon, being seldom seen in the rivers 

 before the month of May. They spawn in 

 the same manner as salmon, in November or 

 December ; but as the rivers are then frozen, 

 they do not retire to the sea till after the thaw. 

 Like all other fish of the same genus, they live 

 upon aquatic insects, worms and small fish, 

 and are fond of rapid streams, with a bottom, 

 of sand and gravel. Their flesh is red, and 

 well tasted, particularly before the spawning sea- 

 ton. Its quality depends in a great measure on 



