CHAPTER IX. 



ACADIAN FISH AND FISHING. 



THE BROOK TROUT. 



Salmo Fontinalis (Miteliell.) 



The following description of this fish — and I believe 

 the latest — appears in the "Transactions of the Nova 

 Scotian Institute of Natural Science for 18G6," and is 

 due to Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin, M.D. : — 



" The trout, as usually seen in the lakes about Halifax, 

 are in lenQ-th from ten to eio-hteen inches, and weiojht 

 from half a pound to two pounds, though these measure- 

 ments are often exceeded or lessened. The outline of 

 back, starting from a rather round and blunt nose, rises 

 gradually to the insertion of the dorsal fin, about two- 

 thirds of the length of the head from the nose ; it then 

 gradually declines to the adipose fin, and about a length 

 and a half from that runs straight to form a strono- base 

 for the tail. The breadth of the tail is about equal to 

 that of the head. Below, the outline runs nearly straight 

 from the tail to the anal fin; from thence it falls rapidly 

 to form a line more or less convex (as the fish is in or 

 out of season), and returns to the head. The inter-inax- 

 illary very short, the maxillary long with the free end 

 sharp-pointed, the posterior end of the opercle is more 



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