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tolerably abundant. They frequently leave 

 the salt water, and will rise freely at the 

 same flies as are used for Trout fishing, but 

 if made rather larger the success of the An- 

 gler will be more certain: the writer hav- 

 ing thus occasionally taken them near Rhydd- 

 lan Castle, where the rivers Ciwydd and 

 Elwy meet the salt water, whilst Angling 

 for Salmon. These fish are strong in the water, 

 and require care in the management of them, 

 as they plunge violently. 



The best time for Angling for them is 

 when the tide is coming in, as when it ebbs 

 they return to the salt water. The head of 

 this fish is of a depressed form, having the 

 nose sharp ; and the body oblong and com- 

 pressed, on each side of the head below the 

 nostrils there stands a little bone which is 

 serrated on its lower part : the eyes are not 

 covered with a skin ; and there are teeth on 

 the tongue and palate, but none upon the 

 jaws. 



