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asteries.* But two circumstances affect this 

 solution: it would be very difficult to bring 

 this fish alive from the continent to this coun- 

 try; and it is not found in the rivers of 

 Kent, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, or Cornwall, 

 where monastic establishments were formerly 

 numerous. 



The grayling thrives best in rivers with 

 rocky or gravelly bottoms, and seems to re- 

 quire an alternation of stream and pool. Ac- 

 cording to Sir Humphrey Davy, who has given 

 a good history of the grayling in his " Sal- 

 monia," this fish was introduced into the Test, 

 in Hampshire, from the Avon; and the former 

 river, in particular parts, appears to suit it the 

 better of the two. Large grayling are, how- 

 ever, occasionally taken in both these waters, 

 which are particularly resorted to by the 

 southern anglers. Three graylings, weighing 

 together twelve pounds, were caught by 

 Thomas Lister Parker, Esq. in the Avon, near 

 Ringwood. A grayling of four and a half 

 pounds' weight has been killed in the Test; 

 and one of five pounds is recorded to have been 



* We think the monks, 



" If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men," 



better judges in matters of gastronomy than to take any 

 trouble about the introduction of a fish in every respect in- 

 ferior to the indigenous trout. 



