2b4 SALMOXIA. [ninth day. 



which was of a bluer colour, but, I think decidedly, 

 only a variety of the same fish, was 7| inches long, 

 and 4 in girth, had 12 spines in the dorsal fin, 15 in 

 the pectoral, 11 in the ventral, 12 in the anal, and 

 18 in the caudal. A laveret, from the Traun See, 

 had 12 spines in the dorsal fin, 17 in the pectoral, 

 13 in the ventral fin, 12 in the anal fin, and 24 in 

 the caudal fin. One from the Halstadt See* was a 

 larger and broader fish, but did not differ from the 

 laveret of the Traun See, except in having two spines 

 less in the tail. 



POIET. — Is this fish ever taken with the line ? 



HAL. — I believe only with nets. It feeds on 

 vegetables; and in the stomachs of those I have 

 opened, I have never found either flies or small fishes.f 



AT TABLE. 



ORN. — Now the hucho is dressed, and on the same 

 table with other species of the salmo, I perceive his 

 peculiarities more distinctly; and, in addition to 

 those you have mentioned, he appears to me to have 

 a stronger upper jaw, and a larger projection of bone 

 below the orbit of the eye. 



* See Vignette, page 115. 

 [ + This, its supposed manner of feeding, is doubtful. — See note at 

 the end of the volume. — J. D.] 



