'^0 SINCLAIR 



ON PISCICULTURE. 



Salmon Trout — Maxi- Decidedly different from our sea trout ; 



mum weight, 9 lb. j^^g ^^ round white spots, or more obscure ; 

 scaled more like a salmon, larger size, and cuts red just like a 

 salmon. 



B. Grayling — Maximum A delicate, very tender fish, excellent 



Itch'en near Winches- eating, taken almost always with the fly ; 



ter, Derwent, Wharfe, Hkes a stream not too rapid, alternating 



Done, and other rivers; • , , -, ^ ,. 



varies much in size ac- With long clay bottomed glides, and gra- 



IZfalirtX'V'Zri ™"y «t-^"-; °"iy <>"<= ™»ty fo-nd "^ 



water" fish, but has lately this continent; Back's grayling in the Arc- 

 been introduced into Scot- . . , . • 11 T 1^ 



land. tic regions ; the grayling, so miscalled, oi 



Grand Lake, N. S., is a lake trout. 



B.Pike— Maxm.weio-ht ^'^ell known as a voracious fish, not to be 



^0 lb. trusted as an import ; it is difficult to confine 



him, and he eats all before him, even his own species — frogs, young 



ducks, and any swimming thing less than his swallow. 



Carp — Average weight, A tolerable fish for the table, but of no 

 2 lb., but will ^vow to 8 • Tj. v j j' • i 



or 101b. invery favorable ^^ry superior quahty; breeds prodigiously; 



waters. Chinese by origin, but will live in temper- 



ate or even frigid climes ; likes gravelly ground, in still waters. 



Tench — 3 1b, Pond and lake fish of very excellent 



quality ; likes muddy or weedy places ; Stillwater fish. 



Bream — 4 lb, A fine deep-bellied fish, better than carp ; 



he is a Stillwater fish, and would most likely attain a large size in 

 those of our lakes where trout are scarce ; he gives good sport 

 during summer, when few other fish will take — sport for float 

 anglers, and a well-grown, good fish. 



B. Perch -Much larger ^ desii'able fish to have as an experi- 



than the Provincial Perch, ment ; might either improve or deteriorate 

 in weight — would probably increase in weight. 



B. Barbel and Chub. Uneatable, and destructive of the spawn 



of other fish ; they are the curse of English waters, and not fit for 



anything. 



Roach and Dace— 1,5. lb. Sport for vounsf ansflers; tolerable "pan'* 

 (7saac]r«//'o«. 2 lb., minus ^ J o o r 



1 oz., Roach.) fish. 



Minnow. Breeds in vast quantities, and useful in 



streams and lakes as food for trout and other predaceous fish, and 



fv good bait. 



