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there is not a close correspondence between the two. In con- 

 tradistinction to the common trout, the flesh of the white trout 

 is of richer flavour, and of a deeper orange colour ; its skin is 

 much thicker and more oily, its colour bright silvery, with 

 the exception of the back, which is darker ; it is destitute of 

 orange spots. It is taken abundantly in salt water, and very 

 seldom in fresh. 



After breakfast I resumed my knapsack and turned my back 

 on Roundstone, amidst pelting rain. I saw two eagles soar- 

 ing in circles far above the summit of Urrisbeg, and others 

 sailing majestically on their way to and from the Twelve Pins. 

 I stopped awhile at the salmon-fishery : to this spot the ang- 

 lers of England — the real knowing ones — find their way, 

 and, enveloped in Mackintoshes, stand for hours at the pools, 

 whipping them with a fly. I saw an extremely fashionable- 

 looking man at this locale; he was accompanied by a Mr. Larry, 

 a very knowing native, who killed the fish of which he — the 

 Englishman — was to be supposed the executioner. The 

 salmon were pounded in, like sheep in a fold, and patiently 

 awaited the evening's hawl; the Englishman threw his fly with 

 untiring diligence, and drew it spinning over the water ; the 

 huge salmon leaped around it almost every second, and I saw 

 Larry hawl to shore a fish of at least eight pounds weight ; 

 this will doubtless cut a conspicuous figure in my unknown 

 countryman's journal : it was on the 17th of July, 1839. 



Ballinahinch, like most of the towns laid down in the maps 

 of Cunnemara, is a single house, the residence of the Martin 

 of Galway for the time being, a man possessing land suffi- 

 cient for a German principality. It is a pleasant spot, sur- 

 rounded by the wildest scenery that can be imagined, and the 

 bog half covered with the beautiful Menziesia. 



(To be continued.) 



Art. II.— Oh the Natural History of the German Marmot (Ham- 

 ster). By W. Weissenborn, Ph. D. 



(Continued from page 536.) 



Hybernation. — About the beginning or middle of October 

 the hamsters shut their burrows, first the creeping-holes and 

 then the plunging-holes. With occasional interruptions, 

 they fill the whole length of the passages, with earth formed 

 into little rounded lumps of the size of a pea or French bean, 

 which, though they be rammed together very firmly, and ef- 



