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THE TROUT. 
game a fish as the ordinary trout, neither do they possess 
as fine a flavor for the table. They are supposed to take their 
color from the quality and color of the water, which has gene- 
rally a dark smoky appearance, occasioned by the decayed 
leaves and timber which there abound. Many of the streams 
in the western and mountainous parts of Pennsylvania, contain 
this speoies. They are found also in great abundance, in the 
wild and uninhabited parts of Hamilton county, New-York, 
and in some parts of New-Hampshire and Vermont. 
Of the Sea Trout , the writer is enabled to give a better 
and more satisfactory description than his own. Smith says: 
“ They are found, as may be inferred from the name, in the salt 
and brackish waters of tide rivers, inland bays in various parts 
of this* and the adjoining states. When taken from the 6alt 
water early in the spring, they are in high perfection, and 
nothing can exceed their piscatory symmetry. The general ap- 
pearance of the skin is of a silvery brightness; the back being 
of a greenish and mackerel complexion, the spots of a vermil- 
ion color, mixed with others of a faint yellow, aud sometimes 
slightly tinged with purple, extend the whole length on each 
aide of the lateral line ; the fins are light in color and firm in 
texture, and together with the tail are rather shorter and more 
rounded than the common trout. They have a firm compact- 
ness of form from head to tail, which accounts for the superior 
sprightliness of their motion ; tho head and mouth are very 
small, and the latter never black inside like the common, or 
fresh water trout ; tho flesh is even redder, or rather we would 
say, more pink colored than the salmon, to which, by many, 
they are preferred as a delicacy, having, like the salmon, 
much of what is called the curd or fat between the flakes. 
“ A fish of a pound weight measures about 1 1 inches in 
length. Their average size is considerably larger than tho 
fresh water, or brook trout — having been taken in the waters to 
" Massachusetts. 
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