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thickly. Speaking- generally, the fins of these 

 latter fish are more muscular and larger in pro- 

 portion to the rest of its body than those in either 

 of the other two allied species. 



Amongst the localities in which the Bull-Trout 

 is known to exist, may be mentioned some of the 

 streams of Devonshire and Cornwall, the Severn, 

 several of the rivers of .South Wales — I have 

 caught hundreds in the Usk above Brecon — ■ 

 and, according to Dr. Heysham, some of the 

 Cumberland waters debouching into the Solway 

 Frith. In Ireland it occurs very generally on 

 either side of the northern portion of the island ; 

 and Killala Bay, Donaghadee, Florence Court, 

 Beleek, Crawfordsburn, Nannywater, Ballyhalbert, 

 and Dundrum are all referred to by Thompson as 

 places whence he had obtained specimens. 



Sir William Jardine mentions that the Bull-Trout 

 has been found in the Annan, Dumfriesshire ; and 

 by Mr. Low it is stated to be an inhabitant of the 

 Loch of Stenness, Orkney. The Liddell, which 

 runs through Roxburghshire, appears to have been 

 once renowned for this fish. Sir Walter Scott, in 

 his notes to the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," says 

 there is an old rhyme which thus celebrates the 

 places in Liddesdale remarkable for game : — 



" Billhope braes for bucks and raes, 



And Carit haugh for swine. 

 And Tarras for the good Bull-Trout, 



If he be ta'en in time." 



