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variations in the state of theu* natural element, whether it be rapid, 

 sluggish, clear, or turbid, we should probably succeed with fish 

 more surely than with any other game. Perhaps it is treason to 

 hint that Nova Scotia is not so good a fishing country as many 

 others. Several new varieties of fish have to be reared as stock on 

 our aquatic farm before we can boast of much variety for maigre 

 days. Omitting such of the game fishes of Europe and elsewhere 

 as are manifestly unsuited to the Nova Scotian element, there are 

 several of the salmonidct that deserve passing enquiry. Thus the 

 salmo hucho of the Danube, attaining the length of two feet, has 

 attracted the attention of English fish-breeders. It can live 

 wholly in fresh water; but as it is the most predatory of the tribe, 

 the wisdom of introducing it here into our limited range of 

 lakes may be questioned. The salmo ferox, or gi'eat lake trout — 

 not to be confounded with the salmo eriox, or bull trout — is well 

 adapted to our larger lakes, such as Rossignol, Grand Lake, &c, as 

 it reaches nearly the weight of the true salmon (salmo salar), but 

 does not migrate to saltwater.* It is found in all the mountain lakes 

 of Scotland, Switzerland and Norway, and even in ponds without 

 running water. It is decidedly ferocious. I am unable to say 

 what relation the European fish bears to the great American lake 

 trout, found in lakes Huron and Erie, but not in Ontario. Rich- 

 ardson, an American naturalist, calls the cis- Atlantic fish the salmo 

 N aymagush (an Indian appellation), and describes its average av eight 

 as double that of the true salmon. Another of the tribe is named 

 by the same authority, as the lesser lake trout, or salmo adirondacus, 

 of four to six pounds weight, which does not rise, but is taken by 

 trolling in deep water — therein differing from the Irish gizzard 

 trout, or gillaroo (which answers its description), but which does 

 rise to the fly, although its main food is small shell-fish. Yet 

 another American member of the salmonid(t is found in New Bruns- 

 wick, and is called the Schoodic trout ; in appearance like a 

 "grilse," origin doubtful, being supposed by some to be a hybrid 

 between the salmon and salmon trout. f It is permanent in the 

 fresh water of the St. Croix River, and in the Schoodic lakes. It 

 is called by Girard the salmo Gloveri. The delicate vendise or ven- 



*Col. Sinclair, A. G. M., captured a specimen which seems identical with the salmo 

 ferox. 



t A very unlikely circumstance. 



