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uiiil Cornwall : it occurs in tlic estuary of the Severn, and 

 I have seen it from the rivers of South Wales. Dr. Hey- 

 sham includes this fish among those of the rivers of Cum- 

 berland that run into the Solway. Mr. Low says it is 

 found in the loch of Stcnness, Orkney. 



The Bull-Trout appears to be the Salmo viaculis cine- 

 rcis caudfv cxtrcmo atpiali of Artedi, page 23, sp. 2 ; 

 and probably also, as quoted, the Graia Sabno cinereus 

 sen griseus of Willughby and Ray, whose specific names 

 have precedence of en'ox. This fish sometimes attains 

 the weight of twenty pounds ; but it more commonly oc- 

 curs imdcr fifteen pounds' weight. It ascends rivers for 

 the purpose of spawning, in the same manner as the Sal- 

 mon, but earlier in the season ; and the fry are believed 

 to go down to tlie sea sooner than the fry of the Salmon. 

 This species affords good sport to anglers : it feeds vora- 

 ciously, taking any fly or bait freely ; and, from its great 

 muscularity, it is a powerful fish when hooked, frequently 

 lea})ing out of the water. It is not, however, held in 

 the same degree of estimation as food as the Salmon or 

 Salmon-Trout : the flesh, even when the fish is in season, 

 is of a pale orange colour, at other times yellowish white. 

 But few are sent to the London markets, and these produce 

 comparatively but an inferior price. 



The description is taken from an adult male of thirty-two 

 inches in length, from which the cut at the head of this 

 article was drawn and engraved. 



The length of the head compared to that of the body 

 onlv is as one to four; the teeth and the form of the 

 parts of the gill-covers have been already described ; the 

 elongation of the under jaw is peculiar to the males onlv, 

 but is not in the I^ull-Trout so conspicuous as in the 

 Salmon ; the dorsal fin connnences half-wav between the 



