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nica, "we received some very singular trouts 

 from a small lock called Lockdow, near Pit- 

 main, in Inverness-shire. Their heads were 

 short and round, and their upper-jaws were 

 truncated, like that of a bull -dog. They do 

 not occur in any of the neighbouring locks, 

 and have not been observed beyond the weight 

 of half a pound." Such a trout from Lockdow 

 was presented to the museum of the Zoological 

 Society by the Honble. Twiselton Fiennes. 

 Walton says, that " a man should not in hon- 

 esty catch a trout till the middle of March ;" 

 but we think that time too early, at least by a 

 fortnight; and we seldom or never knew a 

 trout under ordinary circumstances in tolera- 

 ble season before the middle of April, or after 

 the middle of September. The period between 

 is the right and proper season to angle for 

 trout, and the only bait we cordially recom- 

 mend is the fly, the minnow, and the loach. 



