CHAPTER Vl. 
OP THE TROUT. 
This beautiful and well known fish inhabits the waters of 
almost all countries on the globe. In England, Ireland, Scot- 
land, Germany, and Prussia, it is sought for by the angler and 
the epicure as the height of their admiration. Our own coun- 
try, with its countless streams and lakes, furnishes quantities 
equal to all the rest combined ; and although they have been 
much sought after within a fow years back, still there are 
many streams where the line never floated, or the trout ever 
had the satisfaction of being tempted by the angler’s scientific 
art. They vary greatly in size, color and description, accord- 
ing to the climate, the nature of the water, or the quality of 
their feed. They go under the different names of common 
or silver trout, black trout, sea trout, and bass. 
The Silver Trout, or common trout, is found in almost all 
of our clear swift running northern streams, and weigh from one 
to 15 pounds. A splendid specimen of this species of trout is 
taken in Bashe’s Kill, Sullivan County, New-York, said to sur- 
pass any thing of the kind in the world. This stream winds along 
the western side of Shawangunk mountain, through the beauti- 
ful and well cultivated valley of Memekating, has a smooth 
gravelly bottom, and so remarkably clear and transparent 
it, that the smallest insect is perceptible on its bed. 
