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as kokomesh, and by the Micmacs and Abenaquis as 

 touladi. Its scientific name, namaycush, is that ap- 

 plied to it by the Nepigon Indians. 



THE NEW MARSTON TROUT 



Canadian anglers are quite enthusiastic over recent 

 piscatorial discoveries showing the wide geographical 

 distribution of the newly discovered trout known to 

 readers of ichthyological literature as Salmo salveli- 

 nus Marstomi. Until the autumn of 1895 the exist- 

 ence of this variety was only known to science by the 

 appearance of a couple of specimens. The first of 

 these attracted the attention of Mr. J. G. A. Creighton, 

 of Ottawa, two years ago. It was taken in a lake 

 near Ottawa, and was sent by him to Mr. A. N. Cheney, 

 of Glens Falls, N. Y., the present State Fish Culturist, 

 who forwarded it to Professor Agassiz's successor at 

 'Cambridge, Mass., Professor S. Garman, of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, for examination and identi- 

 fication. He declared it to be a distinct and newly 

 discovered species, and it was called the Marstonii at 

 the suggestion of Mr. Cheney, who, being requested to 

 name it, said : " Call it after Mr. Marston, founder of 

 the Fly-fishers' Club of London, and editor of the Fish- 

 ing Gazette, an Englishman overflowing with good 

 feeling for everything pertaining to fish, fishing, and 

 America." 



About a year ago another specimen, caught in one 

 of the lakes of the Laurentides Club in the Lake St. 

 John district, was sent by me to Professor Garman, 

 who declared it also to be one of the Marston variety. 



