112 THE GREY TROUT. 



them. Hence the established fisheries that are most suc- 

 cessful with salmon, are not equally fortunate with the grey 

 trout, and vice versd. 



The grey trout is very tenacious of life, and exists for 

 some time after being taken out of its native element. 

 During the winter, we are told, it may be kept for months 

 in a Sump, or fish-box ; and the fish-dealers believe it can 

 live equally well in fresh as in salt water. It is, moreover, 

 said of this trout, that when put into spirits of wine, it lives 

 longer than most other fish. 



There is an old saying amongst the Danish fishermen, 

 that when the grey trout first enters the fjord from the 

 sea, it is sluggish, and its powers of vision dull. Certain 

 it is, that, as with us in England, it remains for some 

 days in brackish water, before continuing its journey up 

 the river. 



The grey trout is reported to be very voracious. Kroyer 

 says he has sometimes found shrimps, more than one species 

 of Goby, and other small fish in its stomach ; as also that in 

 want of other sustenance the males at times feed on the roe 

 of the female. 



The flesh of this fish is held to be very inferior to that of 

 either the salmon or the salmon trout. When fattest, it is of 

 a pale pink colour; but as the fish falls off in condition, 

 it becomes yellowish-white. Although much less palatable 

 than the salmon, it is nevertheless, as Kroyer tells us, 

 equally dear or dearer in Copenhagen; but that is because 

 this fish can be obtained alive, whereas the salmon is only 

 to be had dead. 



The grey trout with us spawned towards the end of 

 October, or beginning of November. Swedish naturalists 



