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reminiscences. The night's spoils, on a favourable occasion, 

 rarely fell short numerically of 200." The last salmon acts 

 made all this criminal, and it is not a little significant that the 

 so-called bull-trout have been rapidly outnumbering, and it is 

 said ousting, the salmon, in some of the southern rivers at 

 any rate, ever since. 



Of the river-trout, Sal mo fario gai?nardi occurs in all parts of 

 the Eden, from its source to the brackish water near the sea. As 

 in most other rivers, it is subject to a good deal of variation, 

 both in colour and general appearance. In the lower reaches it 

 is seldom or never of a bright colour, those from the brackish 

 water having a brownish appearance, and rarely showing any red 

 spots. This trout is not supposed to exceed fifteen or sixteen 

 inches in length; its flesh is generally whitish and tasteless. 

 Salmo fario ausonii, or what at least I take for this variety, is also 

 to be met with in the Eden. So far as my experience goes, it is 

 rather rare, and is a prettier coloured trout than the former, with 

 pinkish coloured flesh, somewhat resembling the sea-trout. It is 

 said to attain to a length of thirty inches. This variety was 

 established by Dr. Gunther, and embraces the trout of the most 

 of the English rivers, as well as those of central Europe. It has 

 from fifty-seven to fifty-eight vertebrae, and generally three or 

 four teeth on the head of the vomer, the body of this bone is 

 armed with a double series of teeth frequently as in gaimardi, 

 placed in an alternate or zig-zag order. The latter has from 

 fifty-nine to sixty vertebrae, and when it is pretty well-grown it 

 loses the teeth on the head of the vomer. It is found in all the 

 rivers of Scotland, and extends as far south as Shropshire ; it is 

 also the trout of Ireland and Scandinavia. When attention is 

 directed to the matter it is not unlikely that both forms will be 

 ultimately found in some of the other rivers of both Scotland and 

 England. Dr. Knox years ago directed attention to a trout from 

 the Scottish waters, which he called the pink-coloured red-spotted 

 river-trout, chiefly found in England. He stated that the streams 

 from the Pentland range contain the red-spotted pink-coloured 

 trout, "analogous to, if not identical with, that of England," and 

 that the common red-spotted trout, coarse and tasteless, is also 

 there. The Isla is another Scottish stream where this trout is to 

 be met with. The trout of the Coquet he said resembled the com- 

 mon river-trout of Scotland ; they amuse the angler, but are worth- 

 less for the table. 



Knox describes another trout that I should like to draw 



