THE TROUT. 171 



Another ki'id Pur fish. 



that of the common trout. In other respect* 

 it perfectly resembles that fish. 



There is also in the Tweed, another kind of 

 trout, called the bull-trout, of a large size, and 

 proportionably longer than the whirling. This 

 trout is found only in the months of January and 

 February ; often weighing twelve pounds, and is 

 sold in London, during these early months, for 

 salmon. 



Another species of small fish is found in those 

 rivers that abound with trout and salmon, and 

 is commonly known by the name of par-fish. 

 They appear in the month of April, and continue 

 till November, during which time they increase 

 from two or three inches to five or six. They 

 are caught with worms or the artificial flv. 

 They are most probably the same fish with the 

 samlet of the Wye, and the snmson of the Severn, 

 both of which the}' resemble perfectly in shape 

 and colour; and the same notion prevails in res- 

 pect to them as of the par, that they are only of 

 the male sex. 



But the opinion of their being the fry of the 

 salmon, or else an abortive production of that 

 fish which does not breed, seems to be clearly 

 negatived by Mr. Pennant. To this may be ad- 

 ded, that near the river of Aber, in Carnarvon- 

 shire, a small stream falls perpendicularly from a 

 rock three hundred feet high ; above this fall the 

 par, the samlet, or samson, are in great plenty, 

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