SALMON. 21 



GREY SALMON are a distinct species from 

 the common Salmon ; their heads are larger in pro- 

 portion, in the jaws are four rows of teeth, and on 

 the tongue are eight teeth ; the back and sides are 

 of a deep grey with purple spots, the belly silvery, 

 the tail even at the end. They are strong fish, and 

 do not ascend the fresh water till August, when 

 they rush up the rivers with great violence, and are 

 very rarely taken by angling They appear in the 

 river Esk, in Cumberland, from July to September, 

 and are then in spawn. This is supposed to be the 

 fish called by the name of Sewin, or Shewin, in 

 South Wales. 



The Gravel LAST-SPRING- is supposed by 

 some to be the fry of the Salmon, but which is a 

 distinct species ; the rivers Severn and Wye abound 

 with this fish. It spawns in the month of August, 

 and affords the angler excellent diversion with the 

 long line. The Red Ant is a very killing fly, and 

 all the flies may be used with success during their 

 proper seasons. 



SALMON TROUT are greatly allied, in point 

 of general appearance, to the Salmon, but rarely of 

 equal size : in colour purplish or violet, with the 

 head and whole body thickly marked with small 



