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and smaller-sized fish being termed Dolachans. It 

 is the Ullswater Trout and Grey Trout of the 

 English Lake-districts, referred to by Dr. Hey- 

 sham, and was at one time, it appears, erroneously 

 considered to be identical with the Great Trout of 

 the Lake of Geneva a theory contradicted by 

 Agassiz, who pronounced it to be distinct from any 

 of the large Continental species. 



The specific name ferox has been given to this 

 fish from its extraordinary fierceness and voracity, 

 which are such that, having once seized a bait, it 

 will allow itself to be dragged by its hold for forty 

 or fifty yards, and when accidentally freed will im- 

 mediately seize it again. The stomachs of the 

 specimens that I have caught have been constantly 

 found gorged with food. The only way of taking 

 the larger fish is by spinning with a Loach, a small 

 Parr, or other glittering bait trailed behind a boat, 

 for which purpose very powerful tackle is required, 

 as the fish is of immense strength, and its teeth are 

 nearly as sharp as those of a Pike. 



The Great Lake Trout is almost wholly confined 

 to lochs and deep extensive tracts of water, where 

 it reigns in solitary grandeur, seldom venturing far 

 up or down the streams, and never descending to 

 the sea. It spawns in September. 



Principal Characteristics of the Great Lake Trout. Length 

 of head compared to total length of head, body, and tail-fin, 

 about as i to 4! ; depth of body less than length of head. 

 Teeth large, strong, and numerous, arranged in six rows above 



