190 ANGLING. 



So far then, as we can at present perceive, we 

 think that there are nourished in the streams, 

 rivers, estuaries, and ocean waters, of this our 

 blessed country, three distinct species of migratory 

 or anadromous salmonidae, viz. the salmon (Salmo 

 salar), the bull-trout (Salmo eriox), and the salmon- 

 trout (Salmo truttd) ; that the young of these are 

 frequently confounded with each other both by- 

 unskilful and scientific observers ; and that many 

 most important points in their earlier, or rather 

 intermediate history, are still obscure as night. 

 We think that the adolescent salmon will be found 

 distinguished by a decided tendency to blackness 

 on the terminal portion of its pectoral fins, that 

 the youthful bull-trout will be recognised by the 

 duller dusky hue of that same portion, while the 

 aspiring sea-trout, when in proper order, will be 

 naturally characterised by pectorals of a warmer or 

 more orange Claude- Lorraine-like hue. 



All these migratory species are distinguished 

 after a certain period, when in good condition, from 

 such as inhabit the fresh waters only, by the clear 

 but deep greenish or greyish blue of the upper sur- 

 face of their bodies, and the brilliant silvery white 

 of the under portions. The more minute or macu- 

 lar markings can scarcely be insisted on, because 

 our finny friends, though they resemble leopards in 

 activity, differ from these fair creatures in this, 

 that they can change their spots. 



We used the freedom to ask the enthusiastic 

 angler sometime ago if he were fast asleep. We 

 regret to say that we have since ascertained the fact 

 of his having been so ever since we named the name 



