374 . Frspmye m Aywertcan Waters. 
game of the pet. It was all life—a translucent thing of ac- 
tion—having a dark drab back, barred sides, and seven dots 
of carmine on each side, which were brighter than any burn- 
ished metal or precious stone, and about the size of pigeon- 
shot. It was the most anxious and voracious creature that I 
had ever captured, and so sat down at once on the bank of 
Ratthng Run to sketch this liveliest specimen of fish kind 
that [had ever seen. During the month of August parr of 
the last fall and winter’s hatch take their places on the reets, 
and nip the wings of flies intended for their parents; especial- 
ly is this so of the part of the shoal intended to visit the sea 
with the next spring freshets. 
It will be perceived that while this fish has the parr rays, 
or the horizontal bars peculiar to the parr, its head is taking 
better form, the mouth apparently not so large, and the white 
scales are almost beginning to appear; but this parr is not 
A Parr Freteen Montus Op. 
Half the natural length ; proportions natural. 
to visit the sea until it arrives at two years of age or more, 
Those of the shoal which do not visit the sea until after hav- 
ing spent two autumns in fresh water develop less rapidly 
than do such as visit the sea after spending fifteen months in 
the river. There being no longer a“ parr controversy,” the 
next specimen, of the same shoal as this one, will illustrate 
the difference in the development of those intended to become 
voyagers on the second spring after their birth. 
This fish, of the same shoal and age as the parr, is the part 
of the same hatch intended for visiting the sea after remain- 
ing only one summer in the stream of its birth. Nature, more 
careful than man in protecting the families of animal creation, 
