KINO OF THK IMVKlts. «).') 



Nor is lie kss buKl, lirrcf, and persevering;, than he is well 

 provided with tlie menus of pursuit and the instruments of 

 destruetion. 



As a proof of the strength and eoura^e of this family, it is 

 recordid \>\ Mr. \ ancl, that a I'ike ami a Trout, put tofjethcr 

 in a confined place, had several battles for a particular spot, hut 

 the Trout was eventually the master. The comparative size of 

 these tish is not mcntionctl, but of course there wjia something; 

 approachinj^ to an e(|uality, as the Pike constantly preys on 

 small Trout. 



It is ver}' certain that, although f;reat havoc is made amonj; 

 Salmon by the seal aud the otter, there is no fresh-water fish 

 which would venture on attacking them, not even the Pike, 

 at his lar};ost size. 



The Salmon grows to a very large bulk, though tlic average 

 run is probably from eight to sixteen pounds ; and as is the 

 case with many kinds of tish, the middle-sized, of twelve or 

 fourteen pounds, are generally considered the best in an epicurean 

 point of view, and aftord, commonly speaking, nearly as much 

 »|)ort when hooked, as the monsters of the species. 



"The present London season, ls,35," says Mr. Yarrel, speaking 

 on this point, " luis been more than usually remarkable for 

 large Salmon. I have seen ten different fish, varying from 

 thirty-eight to forty pounds each." A notice appeared in the 

 public pa|>crs of one that weighed fifty-five pounds. Salmon, 

 however, of much larger size have been occasionally taken. M r. 

 Mudie has recorded one of sixty pounds. In a note to the 

 histor>' of the Salmon, in several editions of Walton, mention 

 i.<i made of one that weighetl seventy {)ounds ; Pennant has 



