ORDER II. BONY FISHES. THE TROUT. 183 
from so remote a spot as Sandwich; but there was, and is, a fashion in the 
article of good living. The general shape of the trout is rather long than 
broad; in several of the Scotch and Irish rivers they grow so much thicker 
than in those of England, that a fish from eighteen to twenty-two inches 
will often weigh from three to five pounds. This is a fish of prey, has a short, 
roundish head, blunt nose, and wide mouth, filled with teeth, not only in the 
jaws, but on the palate and tongue; the scales are small; the back ash- 
color; the sides yellow, and, when in season, it is sprinkled all over the body 
and covers of the gills with small, beautiful red and black spots; the tail is 
broad. The colors of the trout, and its spots, vary greatly in different waters, 
and in different seasons ; yet each may be reduced to one species. It sometimes 
attains the weight of seven and a half pounds. In the Androscoggin River, 
Maine, two brook trout were taken by Mr. Bartlett, the author of “ Familiar 
Quotations,” at one cast of the fly, which weighed respectively seven and 
a half and four pounds. It is usually much smaller, and is much in 
request for the table. The large species of trout, which inhabit the larger 
lakes of Maine, New Hampshire, and those about the sources of the 
Susquehanna, have not yet been deseribed or properly distinguished, that 
we are aware of; indeed, it is possible that more than one species has 
been confounded under the common trout. A gigantic species of trout 
from Lake Huron has been deseribed by Dr. Mitchell. It is said to at- 
tain the weight of one hundred and twenty pounds. The flesh is remarka- 
bly faty rich, and savory. The specific name Amethystinus was applied 
on account of the purplish tinge and hyaline tips of the teeth. We add 
some observations on the trout as an object of pursuit to the American 
angler. It is particularly, abundant in New England, where the waters and 
soil, being of a more Alpine character, are highly congenial to the nature 
of this species of fish. They may be divided into three principal classes, 
namely, Pond Trout, River Trout, and Sea Trout. Of these, however, there 
are as many varieties and shades of difference as are known and described 
in England, Seotland, and other countries ; but, for all the purposes of the 
angler, it is umnecesary to enumerate any others than those above men- 
tioned. Pond or lake trout vary in shape and color. Their size is gener- 
ally in proportion to the extent of the water in which they are taken. In 
Moosehead Lake, in Maine, they attain the enormous weight of forty or 
fifty pounds, and in the lakes of other States, are found of the average size 
of salmon. This large description of trout are seldom taken, except through 
the ice in winter, and consequently afford but little sport to the lover of 
angling. In the Winnipiseogee Lake, in New Hampshire, and Sebago 
Lake, in Maine, the average size of the fish is about that of the largest 
mackerel, which it also resembles in shape. The spots upon these and other 
