330 WHEKE GRAYLING ARE FOUND. 



To those who cannot get specimens of the charr them- 

 selves I have the greatest pleasure in recommending a 

 most heautifully illastratecl hooh, "British Freshwater 

 Fishes," by the Eev. W. Houghton. Illustrated by 

 a coloured figure of each species drawn from nature. 

 (W. Mackenzie, 69, Ludgate Hill, E.C.) Most of the 

 charr family in this book are beautifully figured. 



THE GRAYLING, OR UMBER. 



(Sahno thymallus. Coi'egonus tliymallus. Thijmallus 



vexillifer.) 



German : Die Aesche. Der Asch. Polish : Lipien. Danish : 

 Stalling. French : L'omhre commune. Norwegian : Harren. 

 Swedish : Harr. 



In the Fishing Gazette, No. 127., Sept. 27, 1879, Mr. 

 W. H. Bullock has published some admirable chapters 

 on the habits, homes, food, and modes of capture of the 

 Grayling. With his permission I will now give an 

 abstract of these valuable papers. 



'' The queenly Grayling worthily occupies the place 

 of honour vacated by the trout for the months of Sep- 

 tember, October, November, and December ; that is to 

 say, angling for grayling is best during these months. 

 His name, Thymallus, is derived from the word thyme, 

 the grayling having a somewhat thyme-like smell. He 

 thrives best in streams where there is a happy mixtm-e 

 of deep holes and streams, and where the bed is com- 

 XDOsed of marl, granite, gravel, and no mud. When he 

 rises at the fly he ascends like an arrow in the air. 

 They do not rise well until October comes in and after 

 there has been some sharp frosts. The graylings' 

 paradise is in the rivers of Shropshire, Herefordshire, 

 Derbyshire, Hampshii-e, Yorkshire, and Wiltshire. The 



