258 THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. 



' there is not one which has not its species of the 

 ' trout or salmon tribe perfectly distinct. I am 

 ' also satisfied that neither the salmon nor the 



* herring migrates into any distant region, and 



* that the herring has its particular district, which 

 ' it entails on its own generation, equally with the 



* salmon. 



* In most of the rivers, the black trout is small, 



* and of no account. In one lake, of some extent, 

 ' but fed by one only stream, it multiplies so, that 



* three or four hundred have been taken with the 



* fly in a few hours, all of the same size and colour, 

 ' namely, yellow as gold, and the size of a fore- 



* finger. In another, not much larger than a duck 

 ' pond, there is a race of black trout running to two 

 ' pounds in weight, strong, lively fish, and of excel- 



* lent flavour. I mention these, as coming within 

 ' my own knowledge, and as instances of the variety 

 4 and extent of the field open in mountain countries 

 ' to the sportsman and the naturalist, but which it 



* requires enterprize, skill, and opportunity to ex- 

 ' plore as it deserves. If I did not prefer my own 

 ' observation to report, however credible, I could 

 ' give further accounts of the lakes of the interior. 

 ' There is, however, no doubt, that they contain 

 ' the large Gillaroo, or bull-head trout, of fifteen or 

 ' twenty pounds weight. Every observation I have 

 ' made has at least satisfied me of the fact of the 



