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the growth of the Pinks, and with a red palmer fly caught 

 two Salmon Peal in excellent condition, silvery bright in 

 colour, measuring fourteen inches in length, and weighing 

 fourteen ounces. One was cooked and eaten, the flesh pink 

 in colour, but not so red as those of the river ; well flavoured 

 and like that of a Peal. The other was sent to me in spirit 

 of wine, and a drawing of it immediately taken. In the 

 month of July 1838, eleven months after, another small 

 Salmon was caught, equal to the first in condition and colour, 

 about two inches longer and three ounces heavier. No doubt 

 was entertained that these were two of the Pinks transferred 

 to the lake in the spring of 1836, the first of which had been 

 retained sixteen months, and the other twenty-seven months, 

 in this fresh-water lake. 



Desirous of ascertaining the appearance of the young- 

 Salmon at periods intermediate between the states as Pinks 

 and Salmon Peal, other experiments were tried. Pinks in 

 the river Hodder in the month of April are rather more than 

 three inches long, and are considered to be the fry of that 

 year : at this time, Smolts of six inches and a half are also 

 taken. The Smolts are considered as the fry of the pre- 

 vious year, and are distinguished by the blue colour on the 

 upper half of their body, the silvery tint of the lower half, 

 and the darker hue of the fins generally 'as compared with 

 those of the Pink. In this state as to colour, the Smolts are 

 said to have assumed their migratory dress and go down to 

 the sea in May. In June the young Pink in the Hodder 

 measures about four inches ; in July it measures five inches, 

 and no Smolts are then found in the river. To be further 

 convinced of this change, and the length of time required 

 to produce it, a Pink put into a well at Whitewell in the 

 forest of Bowland in November 1837, was taken out in 

 the state of a Smolt of six inches and a quarter in July 

 183S. In another instance more Pinks by Mr. Upton's 



