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The Grayling is longer, and not so round 

 as the Trout, and somewhat resembles the 

 Dace in form : it seldom exceeds sixteen 

 inches in length ; has no teeth, but the lips 

 are rough like a file. . When in season, the 

 back is of a dark colour nearly approaching 

 to black, and the sides gray : the head is 

 rather small, with prominent eyes. When 

 first taken out of the water they have a pe- 

 culiar smell, said to be occasioned by their 

 feeding upon water thyme, whence the 

 Latin name Thymallus is supposed to have 

 been given to them. For flavour they are 

 preferred by many to the Trout. They are 

 most in season in the winter ; but even at the 

 time of spawning, which is in May, they do 

 not lose their flesh and beauty as Trout and 

 Salmon do. 



The haunts of the Grayling are in every 

 respect the same as those of the Trout, and 

 both will be frequently taken from the same 



