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evident, that they are the offspring of lake 

 trout, or lacks forelle, as it is called by the 

 Germans ; whilst the river trout, even when 

 4 or 5lbs., as we see in one of these fish, 

 though in excellent season, have red spots. 

 But why that exclamation ? 



POIET. What an immense fish ! There 

 he is ! 



HAL. I see nothing. 



POIET. At the edge of the poole below 

 the fall, I saw a fish, at least two or three 

 feet long, rising with great violence in the 

 water, as if in the pursuit of small fish ; and at 

 the same time I saw two or three minnows or 

 bleaks jump out of the water. What fish is 

 it? a trout? It appeared to me too long 

 and too slender for a trout, and had more the 

 character of a pike ; yet it followed, and 

 did not, like a pike, make a single dart. 



HAL. I see him : it is neither a pike nor 

 a trout, but a fish which I have been some 

 time hoping and expecting to see here, below 

 the fall a salmo ftucho, or huchen. I am de- 

 lighted, that you have an opportunity of see- 

 ing this curious fish, and of observing his 

 habits. I hope we shall catch him. 



