SECOXD DAT.] 



PARR, OR SAMLET. 



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Sittich. As I mentioned before, I have never yet met 

 with a gillaroo trout, except in Ireland. It is true, it 

 is only lately that I have had my attention directed to 

 the subject, and other fishermen or naturalists may be 

 more fortunate. 



POIET. — Have you ever observed any other varieties 

 of the trout kind, which may be considered as, like 

 the gillaroo, forming a distinct species ? 



HAL. — I think the parr, samlet, or brandling, 

 common to most of our rivers which communicate 

 with the sea, has a claim to be considered a distinct 



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Parr, or Samlet. 



species ; yet the history of this fish is so obscure, and 

 so little understood, that, perhaps, I ought not to 

 venture to give an account of it. But in doing so, 

 you will consider me as rather asking for new infor- 



