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THE SEWIN (Salmo Cambricus. ) Its dissimilarity 



to the salmon The white trout of Ireland. 



Ordinary size and weight. Sewin of the Teivi, 

 the Ogmore, the Cleddy, the Neath, and the Towy. 

 Peculiar to South Wales. Best season for angling 

 for them. Haunts. Time of day. Weather. 

 Artificial flies peculiar to the Sewin. Their activity 

 and strength when hooked. Best* mode of playiog 

 this fish - - 18, 19, 2O 



THE SAMLET, OR SCARLING, abundant in all the Welsh 

 rivers Season. Haunts. Artificial flies. Gen- 

 tles. Caution necessary in angling for these fish. 

 Unfailing method of obtaining sport. Number 

 caught in one day. Haunts somewhat different 

 from those of the trout - -21 



THE SALMON PINK. Season. Found in deeper 

 streams than the scarling. Vast shoals of these 

 fish. Their mode of swimming, &c. &c. THE TOR- 

 GOCH, or Salvelian charr, where abundant. Destroy- 

 ed in the Llanberis Lakes. Description of Lake 

 Cwellyn, Caernarvonshire. Fishing season for charr. 

 Delicious flavour. Elegant form and resplendent 

 colours. Baits - - 22, 23 



THE TROUT. (Salmo Fario. ) Found in almost every 

 quarter of the globe. Strength. Food. Spawn- 

 ing season. Size and colour of the eggs. Of the 

 Baddogh trouts. Their weight. Monstrous trout 

 caught in the Thames. Specimens preserved in the 

 Museums of Edinburgh and Berlin. Trouts of the 

 lake of Geneva. The largest caught at the upper 

 and lower extremities. Gardonnieres, or roach-fed 

 trout. Seasons. Colour of its flesh. Varies in 

 contiguous lakes and rivers. Influence of the water 

 on the flavour of trouts. Longevity of this fish. 

 Francks, his humorous description of trout and trout 

 fishing - - 23 SO 



