292 DOMESTICATED TROUT. 



TIMES WHEN IT is ILLEGAL TO TAKE TROUT IN SOME 

 OF THE STATES. 



Maine : October, November, December, January. 



New Hampshire : September, October, November. 



Vermont : September I5th to 3Oth, October, November. 



Massachusetts: September 2oth to 3oth, October, November, 

 December, January, February, March ist to 2Oth. 



Rhode Island : July, August, September, October, November. 



Connecticut : September, October, November, December, Janu- 

 ary, February, March. 



New York : October, November, December, January, February. 



New Jersey : September, October, November, December, Janu- 

 ary, February. 



Pennsylvania : August, September, October, November, Decem- 

 ber, January, February, March. 



California : January, February, March, April, May. 



THE MIRIMICHI AND MISSISQUOI RIVERS. 



There are two rivers in the vicinity of New England so 

 prolific in fish that they should be known to every one who 

 is interested in fishes as they swim, and who enjoys study- 

 ing them and their habits. 



These two rivers are the Missisquoi and the Mirimichi. 

 The first produces chiefly warm-water fishes ; the second, 

 migratory fishes of the best sort, and each is a marvel of 

 its kind. The fish, at the right season, fairly swarm in both 

 of these rivers. 



To illustrate the vast quantities offish in the Mirimichi, 

 it is only necessary to say that within five years one haul 

 of the net drew out 10,600 striped bass * at North Esk. 

 Smelts were so plenty, previous to 1 868, that they were liter- 

 ally scooped up out of the water by barrels full, and used 

 to manure the ground. Salmon sold for 60 cents apiece, 



* At Fulton Market prices, this one haul would bring ten thou- 

 sand dollars. 



