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siderable advantage. I have had specimens of this 

 fish sent me from Iceland, of two and three pounds' 

 weight. There they appear to inhabit the most rapid 

 streams, and they take the fly and bait as freely as 

 the trout. They were sent to me by Mr. Hogarth, 

 the lessee of the river Sog, where they abound in pro- 

 fusion. The Scandinavian charr is constantly taken 

 of seven and eight pounds' weight, and, according to 

 Mr. Lloyd, of sometimes double that weight. 



The Ombre Chevalier, as I have said, is supposed 

 to be distinctly a lake fish ; so I shall not treat of it 

 here, but take it under the head of Lakes. 



The grayling needs little description. It is a very 



well known fish, abounding in many of our rivers 



and streams. As an edible fish, it certainly comes 



next to trout, and even contests the palm with it 



when in good season in the months of October and 



November. Where the rivers are small, it would be 



advisable, if it is to live with trout, to establish a 



breeding apparatus to keep up the trout stock, the 



expense of this being but small. For although the 



grayling is a very handsome addition to a trout 



stream, and finds fly-fishing for the angler at that 



period of the year when the trout does not, it is a great 



ground-feeder. Its habit, at times, is to grub or rout 



like a pig in the gravel and sand ; and hence, as they 



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