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applying a knife, the flesh is so tender. It is of delicate 

 flavor, some persons considering it the queen of delicacies, 

 while others terra it the flower of fishes. 



It is but natural that the discovery of grayling in Ameri- 

 ca should have been made by anglers. My attention was 

 called to the fish about seven years ago by Mr. Samuel C. 

 Clark, I think, as the first. Since then I have heard annual- 

 ly of the Michigan grayling, and of the poachers harvesting 

 them with nets and spears while the fish were on their spawn- 

 ing-beds ; but I concluded that the sportsmens' clubs of the 

 State would apply for legislative aid to protect so rare a 

 fish for the rod and the table ; but it appears from a. letter 

 by D. H. Fitzhugh, Jun., that the race is being depleted as 

 fast as the indolence and cupidity of the poacher will permit. 



In angling for grayling, use small flies. Mr. Fitzhugh, 

 who appears to be the discoverer of the grayling in Ausa- 

 ble River, Michigan, purchases his flies from Andrew Clerk 

 & Co. ; and he has probably instructed them as to the most 

 taking fly. Mr. Mather, the fish-culturist of Honeoye Falls, 

 New York, regards the grayling as superior game to the 

 trout, and fly-fishing on the River Ausable, in Michigan, and 

 taking grayling from a half to two pounds each, as equal 

 sport to the best trout-fishing in America. He also states 

 that the grayling is easier cultivated than the trout, eating 

 far less to keep in good condition. Seth Green thinks to 

 the contrary ; that grayling will not live in the same stream 

 with trout, because the trout will feed on them. This can 

 scarcely be the case, as the grayling is the swiftest fish of 

 fresh waters. There may be other conditions to render the 

 grayling difficult to propagate ; but it should be tried, and 

 it might be important to consult Mr. Mather as to the con- 

 ditions necessary for stocking streams with this rare and 

 delicate luxury to both the angler and epicure. 



