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observed that he considers the parr to be 

 a distinct variety, his reasons being, he states, 

 because these fish, having milt in them, must 

 therefore be adult fish. This opinion is nowadays 

 discarded, and it has been shown, by the Tweed 

 reports, that though the male fish contains milt, 

 no ova have ever been found in the female, thereby 

 proving that his theory is not correct. In all 

 other similar statements he is the highest and 

 most reliable authority. 



There is in Wales (and I believe also in Corn- 

 wall and other places) a fish called a sewin. It 

 has been asserted that this fish is also a separate 

 variety. Yarrell distinctly affirms it to be no 

 other than the young of the bull-trout, and I am 

 content to believe that he is right. Again, very 

 much confusion exists amongst anglers regarding 

 the different names by which sea-trout are known. 

 In one district they are termed sea-trout, in 

 another salmon-trout, in a third white-trout, and 

 in a fourth salmon-peal, etc. It is hardly to be 

 wondered at that many people are sadly exercised 

 in their minds as to what varieties of fish these 

 several appellations can possibly refer to. I may as 

 well clear up the mystery by informing them that 

 they are all one and the same fish, viz., the sea- 

 trout, that is to say, according to Yarrell, and, 

 as I have before remarked, there is no better 

 authority. This classification very much simplifies 



