THE GREAT LAKE TROUT. 1 



HE points in which this fish differs from 

 the Common Trout, and also the dis- 

 tinctions by which it may be most easily 

 recognized, have been already given in 

 the chapter on Salmon. 



The Great Lake Trout, which is perhaps best 

 known to anglers as the species for which Loch 

 Awe has always been famous, is probably distri- 

 buted throughout almost all the larger and deeper 

 lochs of Scotland. It occurs to my knowledge in 

 Lochs Ericht, Lochy, Garry, and Laggan, and it 

 has also been recognized in Loch Shin, in Lochs 

 Loyal and Assynt, and amongst some of the 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands. In Ireland it ap- 

 pears to be an inhabitant of all the best-known 

 and most extensive lakes, having been found in 

 Loughs Mask, Melvin, Erne, Corrib, and Neagh, 

 where it is locally named Buddagh, the younger 



1 Salmo ferox. Salmo, a Salmon or Trout ; ferox, fierce, 

 Lat. 



