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miles distant from the fjord, from which connection has 

 been severed by landslips of ages past. 



His form and colour, alas ! are no more, but the 

 peculiarities incidental to his race yet remain by which 

 his species can be identified, and some history be gleaned 

 of the district he now inhabits. 



GILL-COVEB AKD TAIL OF HERLINO, J LB. Q LIFE-SIZE). 



The annexed sketches pertaining to the sea-trout 1 

 made from Norwegian fish ; but those of the herling 

 I took from a fish caught in the Dumfriesshire Esk. 



Bull-trout {Salmo eriox ; Norsk, Graa Irret). 



Shape. — Head, clumsy and coarse ; body, bulky and 

 inelegant. 



Scales. — Of the brightness of fresh-cut lead; not 

 lustrous. 



Colour.— ^&ck, dark green, shading lighter to white 

 flanks and belly, but of a leaden shade throughout. 



Marling. — Freely marked with black spots rather 



