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CHAPTER YII. 



WHITE TKOUT OF THE SCOODIAC, OB ST. CEOIX. 



I AM unable to give a scientific description of these 

 beautiful and delicious fish, and believe they have never 

 been properly described. They however closely resemble 

 a dwarfed salmon, and have been supposed to be these 

 fish landlocked, prevented, by a natural ' or artificial 

 obstruction, from completing their annual migrations to 

 and from the sea. The better opinion, however, is that 

 they are a distinct fish, and the color of their sides natu- 

 rally suggests the above appellation, although they have 

 no popular name. The name Scoodic is applied gener- 

 ally to the St. Croix Eiver, its lakes and tributaries, and 

 in Maine they are known as the St. Croix Trout, in New 

 Brunswick as the Scoodic Trout, while Mr. Perley sug- 

 gests that they may be the Grey Trout. 



They are, however, extremely tame and numerous, 

 take the fly readily, afford excellent sport, and delicious 

 eating. They weigh from one pound to four, and may 

 be taken in hundreds. The season commences about the 

 first of June, and lasts throughout that month, and the 

 best flies are the gay ones, composed mainly of feathers 

 from the golden pheasant. The scarlet ibis and Irish 

 lake flies are prime favorites. 



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