THE TROUT. 
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Common Trout , * ( Salmo Fontinalus — Mitckill ,) “ with 
yellow and red spots on botli sides of the lateral line, concave 
tail, and sides of the belly orango red ; back mottled pale and 
brown, sides dark brown with yellow and red spots, the yeL 
low larger than the red surrounding them ; the latter appear 
like scarlet dots ; lateral line straight, the yellow spots and 
red dots both above and below that line ; lowest part of the ab- 
domen whitish with a smutty tinge ; first rays of the pectoral 
ventral and anal fins white, the second black, the rest pur- 
plish red ; dorsal fin mottled of a yellowish and black ; tail is 
rather concave, but not amounting to a fork, and of a reddish 
purple, with blackish spots above and below ; eyes large and 
pale, mouth wide, teeth sharp, tongue distinct, 6kin scaleless. 
Is reckoned a most dainty fish. He lives in running waters 
only,t and not in stagnant ponds; and therefore the lively 
streams, descending north and south from their sources on 
Long Island, exactly suit the constitution of this fish. The 
heaviest Long Island trout that I have heard of weighed four 
pounds and a half." 
“The common trout of Massachusetts! is from 8 to 12 
inches long, dotted on tho back with brownish spots, shaded 
by a paler circle. On the gill-covers is a broad spot ; the un- 
der jaw is the longest ; the soft rayed fins tiuged with yellow, 
and on the sides of the body are red spots.” 
The Black Trout is usually found in muddy sluggish 
streams or large ponds, with clay bottoms, in the roughest and 
wildest parts of our country. They are not considered as 
* The trout of Long Island. 
t This is not always the case. They aro taken in great quantities at 
Stump Pond, Long Island, of a large size, but not of as fine u fiuvor and 
color as in swift running waters. They nro also found in various other 
ponds throughout the country, and are often transferred to artificial ponds 
supplied from springe. 
X Smith. 
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