Class IV. SAMLET. s°3 



fite filvefy whitenefs : firft dorfal fin fpotted with 

 black : tail black, and much forked. 



The firft dorfal fin has eleven rays ; pectoral* 

 thirteen ; ventral, nine ; anal, nine. 



LET, 



LeTacon? Belon. 275. gerin Eboracetifibus. Rait H 8 * Sam ° 



Salmulus, Herefordia Samlet Jyn. pifc. 63. 



di&us. Wil. Ictb. 192. Salmoneta, a Branlin. Ray's 



Salmulus, the Samlet Here- Letters, 199. 

 fordienjibusy Branlin et Fin- 



THE famlet is the left of the trout kind, is 

 frequent in the Wye, in the upper part of the 

 Severn, and the rivers that run into it, in the north 

 of England, and in Wales, It is by feveral ima- 

 gined to be the fry of the falmon; but our reafons 

 for diffenting from that opinion are thefe : 



Firft, It is well known that the falmon fry ne- 

 ver continue in frelh water the whole year -, but as 

 numerous as they appear on their firft efcape from 

 the fpawn, all vanifh on the firft vernal flood that 

 happens, which fweeps them into the fea, and 

 leaves fcarce one behind. 



Secondly, The growth of the falmon fry is fo 



quick and fo confiderable, as fuddenly to exceed 



the bulk of the largeft famlet : for example, the 



fry that have quitted the frefh water in the fpring r 



not larger than gudgeons, return into it again a 



foot or more in length. 



Thirdly, 



