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wliirh >vas suppliril ilaily \>itli worms, aiiotlici- with live ininnow.s, 

 iind the third with those siimll ihirk-eohnirid water-lliis, whieh 

 lire to l)e fuuiul inuving about on the surfaee, imder banks and 

 sheltered i)hiees. The Trout fed \\ it h worms j;rew .slowlv, and 

 had a leiin appearanee. Those nourished on minnows, which, 

 it was t)bser\ed, tliey (hirted at with ^reat voracity, became 

 nuu'h hiri^er ; while such as were latteuid ui)on Hies onlv 

 attained in a small time prtxli^^ious dimensions, weigliint,' twice 

 as much as both the others together, although the (juautity of 

 food swallowed by them was in no wise so great." 



I may here observe, that from the fact of the Salmon roe, 

 when preserved sfniiuiHiti artcm, proving a most deaiUy and 

 infallible bait for Salmon, — so much so, indeed, that the u^e of 

 it in England is regarded as unsportsmanlike, and as an act of 

 poaching, — tliere can be little doubt that the ova of fishes of all 

 kinds contribute to their food, ami ailil probably to the richness 

 of their Hesh. 



I have now gone through, I believe, all that is nujst remark- 

 able and most interesting in relation to the natural history, the 

 form, habits, food, and seasons of this noble fish; but thoM- 

 who wish to study him tor themsehfs, ami read coneerniuLr him 

 more at large than the space wliieh can lie allotted to a singU- 

 specimen in this volume will admit, I refer to Yarn I's fine work 

 on Hritisli Kishes ; to that delightful work, '' Salmoniu," by Sir 

 Iliiniphrey Davy ; and to Scropc's Huperb work, entitled " Days 

 and Nights of Snlnion Fislung," which, though I ha\(' not 

 enjoyed an op|)ortunity of examining it, I understand to be 

 botli the finest and the most complete treatise on this topic. 



In n future portion of the work I shall enter at large upon all 



