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stomach, and in many generations, probably, 

 the gillaroo trout becomes so distinct a 

 variety, as to render it doubtful if it be not 

 a distinct species. Even these smallest 

 salmon trout have green backs, only black 

 spots, and silvery bellies; from which it is 

 evident that they are the offspring of lake 

 trout, or lacks forette , as it is called by the 

 Germans ; whilst the river trout, even when 

 4 or 5 lbs. as we see in one of these fish, 

 though in excellent season, have red spots. 

 — But why that exclamation? 



Poiet. — What an immense fish ! There 

 he is! 



Hal. — I see nothing. 



Poiet. — At the edge of the pool below 

 the fall, I saw a fish, at least two or three 

 feet long, rising with great violence in the 

 water, as if in the pursuit of small fish ; and 

 at the same time I saw two or three minnows 

 or bleaks jump out of the water. What fish 

 is it? — a trout? It appeared to me too long 

 and too slender for a trout, and had more 

 the character of a pike; — yet it followed, 

 and did not, like a pike, make a single dart. 



