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In Hampshire and Wiltshire the Grayling is 

 found in the Test, the Itchen, and in both the 

 Avons, &c. ; in Herefordshire, in the Teme, the 

 Lug, the Wye, and the Arrow ; in Shropshire, in 

 the Teme and Clun ; in Staffordshire, in the 

 H odder, the Trent, the Dove, the Ely the, and the 

 Wye ; in Derbyshire, in the Dove ; in Merioneth- 

 shire, in the Dee, between Curlen and Bala ; in 

 Lancashire, in the Ribble ; in Yorkshire, in the 

 Derwent, near Scarborough, in the Yore, the 

 Wharfe, and in the Whiske, near Northallerton, 

 in the Rye, Swale, Costa, and (Yorkshire) Dove, 

 near Pickering; in Berkshire, in the Kennet, at 

 Hungerford ; and in Cumberland, according to 

 Heysham (but this appears doubtful), in the Esk 

 and the Eden. In Scotland the Grayling may now 

 be considered to be established in the Clyde, and 

 it has also been recently caught in the Annan, as 

 recorded by a writer in the " Fishing Gazette." 



The Teme Grayling has the reputation of being 

 the finest in England, and when in the height of 

 condition that is, in October or November and 

 just taken from the water, is certainly one of the 

 most beautiful fish that can be imagined. At this 

 time the back is of a deep purple colour, with 

 small dark irregular spots on the sides ; the sto- 

 mach is brilliantly white, with a fringe or lacing of 

 gold ; the tail-, pectoral, and ventral fins are of a 

 rich purplish tint. The dorsal fin is very large 

 almost disproportionately so and is covered with 



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