256 COMMON OR RIVER TROUT. 



tubs, and sent to London for sale. In other parts Sal- 

 mon are split, salted, and dried. So numerous are these 

 fish in some places, that, in the year 1750, as many as 

 3,500 were caught at a single haul in the river Ribble ; 

 and, in the river Tweed, from fifty to a hundred at a 

 haul has been by no means unfrequent. Mr. Pennant 

 states, that the largest Salmon he ever heard of, was one 

 which weighed seventy-five pounds. These fish are un- 

 known in the Mediterranean, and in the seas and rivers 

 of warm climates ; but they are caught as far northward 

 as Greenland, and are extremely common on most parts 

 of the coast of America. 



The Common Salmon are distinguished from all others 

 of their tribe, by the upper jaw extending beyond the 

 lower one, and the body being spotted. 



Salmon Trout or Sea Trout. Like the salmon, these 

 fish migrate from the sea into fresh-water rivers and 

 streams, for the purpose of spawning ; and after that ope- 

 ration return to the sea. They are partial to deep holes, 

 and usually shelter themselves beneath the roots of trees. 

 Their flesh is white, and not so highly flavoured as that of 

 the salmon. They continue in season during the whole 

 summer. 



They are known by having on their body numerous 

 black spots, each encircled with brown ; and six dots on 

 the pectoral fins. They seldom exceed the length of 

 eighteen or twenty inches. 



Common or River Trout. The voracity of the River 

 Trout is well known to every angler. It seizes with 

 avidity small fish, worms, snails, and insects. It fre- 

 quents principally clear, cold, and mountainous streams; 

 but ; is likewise found in rivers and brooks of level 



