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SALMONIA. 



of this fish is so obscure, and so little under- 

 stood, that, perhaps, I ought not to venture 

 to give an account of it. But in doing so, 

 you will consider me as rather asking for new 

 information, than as attempting a satisfactory 

 view of this little animal. 



PAR, OR SAMLET. 



Orn. — I have seen this fish in the rivers of 

 Wales and Herefordshire, and have heard it 

 asserted, on what appeared to me good au- 

 thority, that it was a mule, — the offspring of 

 a trout and a salmon. 



Hal.— -This opinion, I know, has been 

 supported by the fact, that it is found only 



