GRAYLING. 177 



Ambrose, of the flower of fishes. It mea- 

 sures, I find, 14 inches in length ; in girth Tj; 

 It has 10 spines in the pectoral fin, 23 in the 

 dorsal, 16 in the ventral, 14 in the anal, and 

 18 in the caudal. 



Hal. — Now for its anatomy. Its stomach 

 is very thick, not unlike that of a char or 

 gillaroo trout, and contains flies, gravel, and 

 larvae, with their cases. The liver and 

 bowels do not differ much from those of a 

 trout; and the ovaria or roe, with eggs as 

 large as mustard seed, are on each side the 

 air bladder. Though a thicker fish, the 

 grayling does not weigh much more than the 

 trout in proportion to his length : the greater 

 breadth of back is compensated by the more 

 rapid tapering of tail, and a trout in very 

 high season will sometimes equal in weight 

 a grayling of the same length. The ova in 

 this fish, and in the species generally, are 

 very small at this time of the year; but in 

 the beginning of April, the season of their 

 spawning, they become nearly as large as 

 the ova of the trout —of the size of pepper- 

 corns. But I see, Poietes, your rod is in 



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