THE COMMON TROUT 265 
Dr. Gunther’s classification, and suggested that his Salmo 
gallivensis, the Galway sea-trout, Salmo estuarius of some other 
writers, and Salmo orcadensts, the Orkney trout, are only 
common brown trout manifesting saline propensities, and 
acquiring robust proportions and features in consequence of rich 
estuarine diet. They are known in some of the Irish estuaries 
as slob-trout. A magnificent specimen of this variety was taken 
in Loch Stenness, Orkney, weighing 30 lb. AQ cast of this 
fish was taken by Mr. Malloch, of Perth, and may now be seen 
in the Fly-Fishers’ Club, of London. The following account 
of its capture was written in 1902 by William McLeod, Bridge 
of Waithe, Stenness, and published in the Fishing Gazette :— 
“T caught it on March rsth, 1889. I was, during that 
month, fishing long lines in Stenness for flounders and cod, 
and I used long-worm or sand-worm for bait. 
“‘T had the previous evening set a long line at the edge of 
the shallow water, just where the deep water begins along the 
shallow at the point of Onstone. I went out about nine o’clock 
in the forenoon to lift my line. I had taken in a good piece 
when I felt something very heavy, and after a piece of the line 
had been hauled, the fish made his appearance and jumped. I 
did not know for the moment what it was, but I knew I could 
not get it into the boat without a gaff, and I had none with 
me at the time. I had no chance but to cut the line and put 
a piece of wood or something that happened to be in the old 
boat to keep it afloat, and threw the lot overboard. I then 
rowed down to the Bridge of Waithe, about a quarter of a 
mile or so, for a gaff, and then rowed up again to where I 
threw over my floating affair. After looking about a bit, 
I saw it and got hold of it. The trout was still on, but had 
played itself pretty well out. I got it alongside and gaffed it 
into the boat. The boat was small and low in the water, and 
I thought it would jump overboard again. 
“‘T took it to Stromness, and sold it to Mr. McKay, hotel- 
keeper, who has set it up in the Stromness Hotel. It weighed 
