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tard 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 some- 

 times equal in weight a grayhng 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 

 order, and there are many fish rising in this 

 deep pool, some of which are large grayling. 

 The blue dun is on in quantity, and we have 

 both cloud and wind, which half an hour ago 

 we had no right to expect. Let me advise you 

 to use three flies of different shades of the dun: 

 the stretcher, a pale blue with yellow body ; 

 the first dropper, a winged fly with dun body; 

 and the third, a similar fly with dark body. 

 There, you see ; he rose and refused your 

 stretcher — and again he has a second time 

 refused it. I think the colour of the dubbing 



