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ficiently developed to admit of their spawn- 

 ing that spring. Marsigli says, that they 

 spawn in the Danube in June. You have 

 seen how violently they pursue their prey : 

 I have never taken one without fish in his 

 stomach ; yet, when small, they will take 

 a fly. In the Kleingraben, which is a 

 feeder to the Laybach river, and where 

 they are found of all sizes — from 20 lbs. 

 downwards — the little ones take a fly, but 

 the large ones are too ravenous to care 

 about so insignificant a morsel, and prey 

 like the largest trout, often hunting in com- 

 pany, and chasing the small fish into the 

 narrow and shallow streams, and then de- 

 vouring them. — But I see your tackle is 

 ready. As a more experienced angler in 

 this kind of fishing, you will allow me to try 

 my fortune with this fish. I still see him 

 feeding ; but I must keep out of sight, for he 

 has all the timidity peculiar to the salmo 

 genus, and, if he catch sight of me, will cer- 

 tainly not run at the bait. 



Orn. — You spin the bleak for him, I see, 

 as for a great trout. O ! there ! he has run 

 at it — and vou have missed him. What a 



