COMMON TROUT. 51 



ABDOMINAL 



MALACOPTERYGJl. SALMONID&. 



THE COMMON TROUT. 



Salmo fario , LINNAEUS. 



,, River- Trout, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 399, pi. 70. 



,, Trout, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 85. 



,, ,, Common Trout, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 181, sp. 47. 



THE COMMON TROUT is too widely diffused and too 

 generally known to make any enumeration of particular 

 localities necessary : it is an inhabitant of most of the 

 rivers and lakes of Great Britain, and so closely identified 

 with the pursuits and gratifications of sportsmen, that those 

 landed proprietors who possess streams of water favourable 

 to the production and growth of Trout preserve them with 

 great care and at considerable expense. The Trout, though 

 a voracious feeder, and thus affording excellent diversion 

 to the experienced angler, is so vigilant, cautious, and 

 active, that great skill as well as patience are required to 

 ensure success. During the day, the larger sized fish move 

 but little from their accustomed haunts ; but towards evening 

 and during the night they rove in search of small fish, 



