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the vicinity, and derives a small annual profit 

 from the fishery, this delicious fish being in 

 much request for the tables of the neighbouring 

 gentry. 



It is of an elegant and slender shape, the head 

 long and rather pointed, and its hues splendid be- 

 yond all example among the indigenous fishes of 

 this country. Nothing can exceed the fervid aspect 

 of its colours when first taken ; the scarlet of the 

 belly may be truly said to emulate the glowing red- 

 ness of the fiery element. The upper part of the 

 head and back is of a deep purplish blue, blending 

 into silvery in approaching the lateral line, beneath 

 which the sides are tinged with yellow, passing into 

 orange, and the orange into fine scarlet as it descends 

 towards the belly. The whole of the back and sides 

 are spotted in a most beautiful manner with fine red. 

 The flesh is excellent and of a deep red colour. 

 It is angled for with the ordinary large trout flies, 

 but does not rise very freely a worm or caddis 

 succeeds better. 



THE COMMON TROUT. (SALMO FARIO.) 



The trout is one of the most beautiful of the fresh 

 water tribe of fishes. It is a native of almost 

 every quarter of the globe, inhabiting rivers com- 

 municating with the sea, the waters of which are 

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