CONTENTS. xiii 



NINTH DAY. 



PAGR 



Fishing for hucho — Hereditary instinct — Causes of variety in 

 trout — Salmo hucho — Taking a salmo hucho — Resemblance 

 of the hucho to trout — Interior of the hucho examined — 

 Habits of the hucho — Pleasure of angling — Cockney fisher- 

 men — Lame boy and his boats — Amusements — Sea serpent 

 — Kraken — Mermaid — Austrian method of conveying fish 

 — Education — The press — Effect of continuous fishing — 

 Difference of rivers — Angling for frogs — Water ouzel — 

 Umbla — Laveret — Organisation of the hucho — Craniology — 

 Fat and fiesh of the hucho — Naturalisation of fish — The 

 Traun — Colour of water — Colour of the ocean — Waterfalls 

 —Reflections— The late Mr. B. West . . . 222—282 



ADDITIONAL NOTES. 



On the supposed cross-breed of the parr — On the scolopax — On 

 the vitality of fish, and how to prevent their lingering death — 

 On the senses of fishes — On the colouring of the salmonidae — 

 On the structure of stomach of the gillaroo trout — On the 

 parr — Queries relative to the natural history of the trout — 

 On the spawning localities of the charr — On the young trout 

 on quitting the egg — On the digestive powers and growth 

 of the salmonidse — On the rivers and water most favourable 

 to the grayling — Use of the scales of the eel — On the food of 

 the shelley, and its breeding-place .... 283 — 305 



