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called Trout at tlie South, that a more particular descrip- 

 tion does not seem necessary. 



Another fish taken at the North in the smaller lakes is 

 called Ked Trout, and attains the weight of twenty-five 

 pounds. It is rare, and would appear to be an unde- 

 scribed species, differing from the trout of the brooks 

 and lakes, and not generally known even to sportsmen. 

 A fish of a somewhat similar character was on exhibif ion 

 at an eating-house in this city, but appeared to have 

 been scaled. It was three feet six inches long, and 

 weighed eighteen pounds. The back was very dark, the 

 sides being of a lighter neutral tint, without any svots. 

 There were a number of vomerine teeth, and the fin- 

 rays, as far as could be ascertained by a cujsory 

 examination, were — 



Br. 12 ; D. 13 ; P. 11 ; y. 8 ; A. 11 ; C. 19f . 



This fish was said to have been taken in Maine, and 

 differed entirely from the ordinary brook and lake trout. 

 The fin-rays of the brook trout, as scientifically given 

 by De Kay, are — 



D. 13-0 ; P. 12; V. 8; A. 10; C. 19|. 



Trout are in season from the first of February to the 

 first of September in the Long Island streams ; from April 

 to September in those streams of the !N"ew England States 

 that communicate with salt water ; and from May till 

 September in the upland waters of the middle and east- 

 ern States.* There is but one mode of taking them — 

 namely, with the fly ; although it is said poachers and 

 pot hunters capture them with worms, minnows, nets, 

 and even with their own roe. These viUanies are not 

 at present punished with death nor even imprisonment 



• These periods do not refer to the game laws. 



