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SALMONIA. 



[seventh day. 



HAL. — Certainly not, at this time ; and it is not 

 necessary with a fish of tins size, winch ought to be 



Grayling. 



fried ; but if we catch a large grayling, approaching 

 to 2 lbs., he shall be killed, crimped, and boiled, like 

 our Denliam trout ; you will then find him excellent, 

 and not inferior, in my opinion, to the best perch — 

 more like the most exquisitely tasted of all our fish, 

 the red mullet. 



PUTS. — Out of the water, this is a handsome fish, 

 broader round the middle, and more hog-backed than 

 the trout, but gracefully tapering towards the tail. 

 The belly, I see, is silvery with yellow; and the 

 pectoral, ventral, and anal fins are almost gold- 

 coloured ; the back gray with small black spots, and 

 the back fin of a beautiful bright purple, with black 

 and blue spots. It has likewise an agreeable odour ; 

 so that both from its colour and smell it does not 

 seem undeserving the title given it by St. Ambrose, of 



