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free themselves from these enemies. They 

 are very shy, and after being hooked avoid 

 the baited hne. I once saw a hucho, for 

 which I was fishing, follow the small fish, 

 and then the lead of the tackle ; it seemed as 

 if this had fixed his attention, and he never 

 offered at the bait afterwards. I think a hu- 

 cho, that has been pricked by the hook, be- 

 comes particularly cautious, and possesses, in 

 this respect, the same character as the sal- 

 mon. In summer, when they are found in 

 the roughest and most violent currents, their 

 fins (particularly the caudal fin) often appear 

 worn and broken ; at this season they are 

 usuallv in constant motion against the stream, 

 and are stopped by no cataract or dam, un- 

 less it be many feet in height, and quite in- 

 accessible. In the middle of September I 

 have caught huchos perfectly clean in rapid 

 cool streams, tributary to the Laybach and 

 the Sava rivers ; and, from the small develope- 

 ment of their generative system at this time, 

 I have no doubt that they spawn in spring. 

 On the 13th of September, 1828, I caught, 

 by spinning the dead small fish, three huchos, 



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