THE GRAYLING. 1 



LTHOUGH a well-known and be.auti- 

 ful member of the Salmon family, the 

 Grayling belongs to a different genus 

 to the preceding groups, which all follow 

 the true Salmon and Trout as their types. Its 

 generic characteristics are : two back-fins ; the base 

 of the first very long, with numerous rays ; the 

 second small and adipose, without rays. Mouth 

 small, with a squarish orifice ; teeth very small and 

 conical ; air-bladder large ; body elongated. Gill- 

 rays seven or eight. 



In the " Angler-Naturalist," 2 in my remarks on 

 the Grayling, I observe that " Whilst yielding 

 to its sister species the Trout in the qualities of 

 dash and obstinate courage, the Grayling is yet a 

 sturdy and mettlesome fish * a foeman worthy of 



1 Thymallns vulgaris. Thymallus^ " thy my " from thy mum , 

 thyme, and mdgaris, common, Lat. 



2 "A Popular History of British Fresh-water Fish," or the 

 " Angler-Naturalist." London: Routledge and Sons. 



