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VERTEBRATA. PISCES, 



THE TROUT (Salmo Fario). 



cellent sport to the angler, is one of the most beauti- 

 ful of the genus. The form is elegant, the curves 

 which form the outline of the back and the belly 

 being very graceful and flowing : the colour of the 

 upper parts is yellowish, with many reddish spots, 

 brighter on the sides, where the hue becomes golden 

 yellow ; the belly silvery white. And its excel- 

 lence answers to its beauty; for, as Walton ob- 

 serves, " he may justly contend with all fresh- 

 water fish, as the Mullet may with all sea-fish, for 

 precedency and daintiness of taste ; and, being in 

 right season, the most dainty palates have allowed 

 precedency to him." The Trout does not descend 



