38 AET OE ANGLING. 



GBEYLINGL 



THE Grey ling is of a very elegant form, and 

 when full grown is about sixteen inches in length ; 

 it chiefly abounds in the rivers of Derbyshire and 

 Yorkshire, in the Teme near Ludlow, and in the 

 Lugg and other streams near Leominster. In 

 shape it resembles the Trout, but is rather longer 

 and more slender, particularly near the tail; the 

 head is small, with protuberant eyes, the irides of 

 which are silvery, speckled with yellow ; the mouth 

 is of a middle size, and the upper jaw the largest ; 

 the teeth are very minute, seated in the jaws and 

 roof of the mouth, and feel like a fine file ; the head 

 is dusky, the covers of the gills are of a glossy 

 green, yet when in prime perfection, these parts 

 are almost black; the back is of a dusky green, 

 inclining to blue ; the sides are of a beautiful silvery 



