4 OBSERVATIONS 



Haunts. 



To enumerate the rivers, streams, and brooks 

 of this country, v\diich the common Trout in- 

 habits, would be an endless and useless task ; he 

 may be said to frequent almost all of them, and 

 vvull even sometimes be discovered in a mere 

 ditch (in spavining time), having scarcely depth 

 of vrater enough to cover the back. 



He delights in rapid clear-running waters, 

 with a rocky or gravelly bottom. An attempt 

 has been made in the annexed plan to point out 

 his favourite haunts, &c., in such waters. They 

 are, — 1st. The head and tail of a stream., in other 

 words, the ends of a rapid, as A. 2ndly. The 

 eddies formed by water passing round an obstruc- 

 tion in the current, as B. 3rdly. Such tracks as C, 

 where a chain of bubbles or little floating objects 

 indicate the course of the principal current ; 

 which course is chiefly dependent upon various 

 reflections of the water, from projecting banks, 

 rocks, scours, and shoals, and may often be 

 guessed at, when not sufficiently visible, by 

 attending to the position of the banks, &c. 4thly. 

 At the roots of trees, or in other places where 

 the froth (called in Stafibrdshire Beggar's Balm) 

 collects. 5thly. In little whirlpools, as G, he 

 will often be found during a fresh. He may then 

 ]je ano-led for, if the water is much discoloured, 



