and the Maritime Provinces. 



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" He was a good fighter, altogether," said Hiram, as he resumed the 

 paddle and turned the canoe towards the head of the lake. 



" It was a stubborn, dogged kind of a fight," added the Doctor, " a 

 strong, heavy pull, but not a lively one. I suppose it 's the same fish that is 

 found in the Winnipesaukee, Moosehead, and many other large, deep lakes." 



" Yes," I replied, "the 'togue,' 'tuladi,' 'salmon trout,' etc., are all 

 the same species. They love the deepest water and are rarely taken except 

 with bait; trolling with the minnow is the favorite method. Many are 

 taken in winter through the ice with set lines baited with shiners, and at 

 that season the fish are in the best condition for the 'table, although to my 

 taste they are never to be compared with the ' square tails.' We '11 have 

 this one boiled, for no other method of cooking makes it eatable. 



. by W. L. Underwood. An J dEAL TROUT STREAM. 



" It spawns in November along the shores of the lakes, not going into 

 running water like the brook trout, although the latter often spawn in the 

 lakes, there being many celebrated spawning beds in the Rangeleys. It 

 is not a desirable species at all, although to some it furnishes in the absence 

 of better fish a fair degree of sport." 



ever, of a larger one which was once captured in Grand Schoodic lake ; it 

 was forty-one and one-half inches in length, with a girth of twenty-four 

 inches, and it weighed about thirty-five pounds at the time of capture. 



