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fish been brouglit, that it is now no very uncommon 

 feat for some heroes of the rod and line to pull out 

 a salmon of thirty pounds weight by means of a 

 hook attached to tlieir fishing tackle by single gut. 

 Fishing for salmon with the rod, is permitted in the 

 Tweed for a monih after net fishing is given up for 

 the season in that river. All the species of trout 

 are also fished for in this country, and so abundant 

 are they, in the north especially, that almost every 

 stream and lake vrhicli they inhabit, has a variety 

 peculiar to itself, and diftering from others, as much 

 in the excellence of its flesh as in colour and shape. 

 The most remarkable of these, and one of the largest, 

 is the great loch trout, Salmo ferox^ found in some 

 of the larger lakes of Britain, and angling for this 

 fish ha^ been described as the ne plus ultra of pisca- 

 torial sport, but with v/hat justice, we leave others 

 to determine. Perhaps the most delicate of all our 

 trouts is the Lochleven species, S. ccsclfer parnel, 

 of which a large quantity finds its way into the 

 Edinburgh market, and we understand it has already 

 come into considerable repute in London, where, 

 however, the supply is very limited indeed. 



The large size which the pike sometimes attains, 

 conjoined with his well-known voracity, rendeis this 

 fish a great favourite with sportsmen and anglers. 

 Pike may be easily shot when in shallow water, in 

 the heat of summer, as then, if not disturbed, they 

 will remain for hours together in the same position, 

 and so near the surface as to afford an easy mark 

 even to indifferent shots — like ourselves ! They are 



