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gently descending the first half inch and ascending as much the 
next, when it proceeds in a straight line to the middle of the tail. 
Head, slightly flattened between the eyes. Jaws equal and 
pointed, the extremity of the lower received into a cavity in the 
upper, which at that place is destitute of teeth. Jaws, tongue, 
palatine and pharyngeals armed with a single row of small, 
pointed recurved teeth, which are much the largest, and less nu- 
merous in the lower jaws. Diameter of the eye half an inch; 
distance between the eyes one and eight-tenths inches; pupils 
black, irides golden. 
Distance from the extremity of the jaws to the eye one and 
one-fifth inches; to the first dorsal fin, nine inches; to second 
dorsal, fourteen and a half inches; to ventrals, nine and ‘a half 
Inches. Length of base of first dorsal fin, where it unites with the 
ody, two inches; or one-tenth of the length of the fish; height 
Color, light to dark brown on the back and upper part of head ; 
sides, dark gray, above lateral line, lighter below; in some, ap- 
hing to light salmon; lower jaw, chin and abdomen, white, 
‘Mottled with fuliginous; pectorals and ventrals gray, their ante- 
rior part being shaded faintly with pink. Dorsal and caudal fins 
& dark gray.* The whole fish, including the dorsal and caudal 
fins, thickly sprinkled with small circular spots, of a drab color 
on the sides, olive on the back approaching to light salmon below. 
‘These spots become elongated and variously curved on the top 
: of the head, and of an olive color, giving to the part a marbled 
appearance, 
This trout is taken in great abundance by the hook through 
holes cut in the ice in winter, but not in such numbers as for- 
merly. They are not unfrequently taken weighing twelve to fif- 
teen pounds. The largest reported to have been taken weighed 
twenty-five pounds. By most persons it is highly esteemed, and 
it is generally considered an excellent fish for the table. - 
Genus COREGONUS, Cuv.—Wherever a large body of water 
exists in the northern portion of the United States or Canada, so 
ar as investigation has been made, species of Coregonus have 
been found. i 
ced by the nature of the bottom upon which it feeds, being 
ly.much darker when frequenting muddy than gravelly bottcms, or ra 
y instances th 
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