BULL TROUT 69 



wise, whom I consider the very best practical 

 authority, says, " The Whitling of the Tweed is the 

 Salmon Trout, and not the young Bull Trout, which 

 now goes by the name of Trout simply." 



THE GREY, BULL TROUT, OR ROUND TAIL 



SALMO ERIOX, Linn. 



' The Grey Trout," says Mr. Yarrell, " is dis- 

 tinguished from the Salmon and Salmon Trout by 

 several specific peculiarities. The gill-cover differs 

 from them decidedly in form, and the teeth are 

 longer and stronger." The tail grows square at an 

 earlier period than in the Salmon ; and the central 

 caudal rays continuing to elongate with age, the 

 whole tail, originally concave, eventually becomes 

 convex, and from thence it has been called the 

 Round Tail. The elongation of the under jaw is 

 peculiar to the males only, and is less than in the 

 Salmon. The scales also are less, the shoulders 

 thicker, and the tail more muscular. In short, it is 

 altogether a more thick and powerful fish than the 

 Salmon, and consequently gives the angler more 

 sport ; but to the epicure it gives less, as it is 

 inferior in flavour and colour, and if not very fresh 

 from the sea its flesh is short and woolly. It is very 

 much the colour of the Salmon, but tinted with 

 grey or brown spots. 



These fish are found in many salmon rivers, but 

 not in all. It is very abundant in the Tweed, which 

 it visits principally at two seasons ; in the spring 



