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until tliey fix their summer residence, for which they gene- 

 rally choose an eddy, behind a stone, a log, or bank that 

 projects over the water, and against which the current 

 drives. In small rivers they generally lie under sedges and 

 weeds, especially in the beginning of the year. They feed 

 in the swiftest streams, and are often found at the upper 

 end of mill-pools, at locks, flood-gates, and wears ; also under 

 bridges, or between two streams running from under their 

 arches ; and likewise in the return of streams where the 

 water seems to boil : in the decline of summer they lie at 

 mill-tails, or the end of other streams, and in deep water. 



THE GREAT GREY TROUT. 



This is also termed the great lake-trout, and inhabits Loch 

 Awe, Perthshire, in the highest perfection. It is also found 

 in Loch Laggan, the upper end of Loch Shin, Lochs Loyal 

 and Assynt ; it is said also to occur in Orkney and Shet- 

 land. It is the same species that inhabits Ullswater, Cum- 

 berland, and Lough Neagh, Ireland. 



This trout does not rise freely to the artificial fly ; they 

 are taken generally by night-lines, and are not difficult to 

 capture by strong trolling-tackle, baited with a small trout. 

 They are extremely voracious ; and having seized the bait, 

 they will allow themselves to be dragged by the teeth for 

 forty or fifty yards, and when accidentally freed will imme- 

 diately seize it again. The usual mode of fishing for it is from 

 a boat, which is rowed gently through the water. The small 

 trout used as a bait must be guarded by six or eight large 

 hooks ; the rod and line should be of great strength, for this 

 fish has even more power than a salmon of the same size, 

 although not so active. Young fish, from one to two 

 pounds, will rise freely to the ordinary trout-flies. 



The great trout is almost exclusively confined to the lochs, 



