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visited the Magalaway's outlet. The snow now fell 

 so abundantly that I could not see twenty yards 

 through it. Speak of fish being hungry, they were 

 fairly ravenous, and, ^'^r expediency sake, I reduced 

 the number of my tiies to one, as six and seven 

 pound fish seemed to be as abundant as ever I had 

 seen those of smaller size. These were not char or 

 Salnto fontinalis^ but either Salmo fario or an unde- 

 scribed species very closely resembling it. My guide 

 knew them well, and informed me that identically 

 the same species existed in Mooseluckmaguntic 

 and Mollychunkamunk, as well as other lakes of 

 the Renslier and Richardson chain. The condition 

 of all the captives I made, proved that they had come 

 to this shoal water for spawning purposes. Salmo 

 fontmalis were also rising freely, but they had to be 

 fished for in deeper water. They were also in the 

 same reproductive state as the first mentioned. 



Whether those unknown Salmonidce were true 

 river or lake trout I am unable to decide, although 

 I incline to the latter belief. On the other hand, 

 they were remarkably well-built fish, with very small 

 heads, and the males were only possessed of the 

 most trifling rudimentary hook at the termination of 

 their lower jaw. 



Here will I bid adieu to Lake Parmachini, which 

 I hope at some future date to revisit ; the home 

 of the beautiful Salmo fontinalis^ but not of the 

 rainbow trout {Salmo irridescente). On this occasion 

 I left " the wilds " with my case of pregnated 

 ova, by Atherley and Errol, as a more expeditious 

 way of reaching New York. I was fortunate to 

 leave " the wilderness " in time, for the winter next 

 day set in with unusual severity, and the landscape 

 soon after became draped in snow, to the depth of 

 many feet. 



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