THE GRAYLING.' 



ALTHOUGH a well-known and beauti- 

 ful member of the Salmon family, the 

 Grayling belongs to a different genus 

 to the preceding groups, which all follow 

 the true Salmon and Trout as their types. Its 

 generic characteristics are : two back-fins ; the base 

 of the first very long, with numerous rays ; the 

 second small and adipose, without rays. Mouth 

 small, with a squarish orifice ; teeth very small and 

 conical ; air-bladder large ; body elongated. Gill- 

 rays seven or eight. 



In the "Angler-Naturalist,"^ in my remarks on 

 the Grayling, I observe that — " Whilst yielding 

 to its sister species the Trout in the qualities of 

 dash and obstinate courage, the Grayling is yet a 

 sturdy and mettlesome fish — ' a foeman worthy of 



' Thymalhis vulgaris. Thyiihil/its, "thymy" — ixom t/iyiutiiii, 

 thyme, and rii/garis, common, Lat. 



- "A Popular History of British Fresh-water Fish," or the 

 " Anglcr-Naturahst." London : Routledge and Sons. 



