Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . - pn-. iit< l milh« aboTc rill. 106 SALMON ID^. cannot be readily mistaken, and, being both permanent andinvariable, are quite sufficient to establish diversity of species. It is not in formation,moreover, or appearanceonly, but in very many ofhis habits, that the BrookTrout {Sahno Fontinalis), ofAmerica, differs from hiscongener, the Common Trout{Salmo Fario), of Europe. Still, in general, his man-ners, his haunts, his prey,and his mode of taking it,o so closely resemble those ofs the Europ
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . - pn-. iit< l milh« aboTc rill. 106 SALMON ID^. cannot be readily mistaken, and, being both permanent andinvariable, are quite sufficient to establish diversity of species. It is not in formation,moreover, or appearanceonly, but in very many ofhis habits, that the BrookTrout {Sahno Fontinalis), ofAmerica, differs from hiscongener, the Common Trout{Salmo Fario), of Europe. Still, in general, his man-ners, his haunts, his prey,and his mode of taking it,o so closely resemble those ofs the European Trout, that, asi a general rule, the instruc-tions gisen for the takingthe one will be found suc-cessful as regards the other ;and the flies, baits, and ge-neral style of tackle, as wellas the science of capturing,with some few exceptions,which will be noticed here-after, are nearly identical, onthe two sides of the in Europe, so in Ame-rica, although there are countless varieties of this most beau-tiful of fishes, almost indeed a variety for every stream, still,. HAUNTS AND IIAIMTS. KiT accordinp^ to the opinions of what I (Khmm the hcst authorities,there is but one distinct spcciis. Kndless attempts have bi-en niatie in llii^hiiid to distinj^uishand tUtine fresh species ; hut these have, in uiy judj^ment, allfaiUil. Accordiut; to Mr. Aj^assiz, wliosc opinion on this sub-ject I consider piiraniouiit to all others, the (iillaroo, or (iiz/.ard-trout, as it is sometimes erroneously called by the Irish, andsome of tlie Scottish writers, is merely a casual \ariitv of theSalmo Fariu. The distinction, which consists principally in thethickness and induration of the stoniaeh, having arisen fromfeeding on shell-lish, in the first instance, in individuals, hasbeen gradually ingrafted on generations, until, in process oftime, it has become a permanent type. Although this variety is not known to exist on this continent,1 have a very strong suspicion, from many circumstanc
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