CHAPTER X. 



SALMONID^ OF NORWAY. 



The list of Salmonidse found in Norway includes the 

 following distinct species, viz. the salmon, sea-trout, 

 bull-trout, yellow trout, brown trout, grayling, and char, 

 which, when existing under normal conditions, differ little 

 in characteristics from the various species common to the 

 British Isles. 



The inhabitants of the various rivers and lakes possess 

 slight peculiarities in shape, colom-ing, and marking, as 

 is also the case in rivers of other countries ; but these 

 should rarely give the ichthyologist serious trouble in 

 identification. 



It will have been gathered from a perusal of the 

 previous chapters that from mountain summit to river 

 bed, the country of Norway is far bigger than that of 

 the British Isles, and, in consequence of the climate, the 

 chapter of accidents which affects fish-rearing and fish-life 

 is proportionately longer and more varied. 



