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the very hot part of the year, partial to highly-coloured 

 and bright flies : both are sometimes taken hy means of 

 the jay's u'lng for legs. But their taste for such is of very 

 short continuance. 



Imitations of the brown and of the green locust, some- 

 times answer admirably. Indeed, when those insects 

 can be had, they prove excellent baits -, but great care 

 must be used in committing them to the water, as they 

 would inevitably fly off, if the least violence were used. 



Of the While-Trout, Shilling, or Sow'm. 



These, and many more, such as lull-trout, bleachers, 

 I ulcers, scitrjfs, &c. are all names for this remarkably 

 line fish, which comes up from the sea late in the spring, 

 and is to be found until the first frosts, when they return 

 to the salt water. 



Some spawn in the rivers in September, and others are 

 to be found retiring from them full of roe j but as this 

 only occurs where the northerly winds prevail strongly in 

 October, we may, perhaps, be right in concluding, that 

 they cannot bear cold weather: their very late access 

 from the sea is some confirmation of this opinion. 



Some are deeper coloured on the back than others ; 

 biit in general tliere is a brilliancy on every part, which 

 causes them to appear quite white at a little distance. 

 They are of a light bluish brown down the backs, and are 

 beautifully marked with spots of red ; a few smaller 

 black ones being intermixed all over the sides, down to 

 the lateral lines, which are richly but delicately coloured. 



The head of this fish is bluff, not unlike that of the 

 chitl j its fins are strong and stiff, and the tail is broad, 

 but not much forked. 



They 



