56 Angling Travels in Norway. 



which invests a rather unusual specimen with an interest 

 to which in reality it has no claim. 



I have frequently had specimens presented with the 

 query, " What's this ? " the exhibitor evidently expecting 

 a reply which would suggest some rare object ; but it 

 seldom has been other than one showing a trifling variety 

 in shape or colour from some accepted species. 



SALMON, 5j LBS. (} life-size). 



The inquirer generally seems disappointed, so to 

 dissipate such illusions is no tasteful task ; but the ruthless 

 knife of the surgeon must be conscientiously applied in 

 the interests of natural history. 



To assist in the identification of salmon {Salmo solar), 

 sea-trout {Salmo trutta), bull-trout [Salmo eriox), and 



