2 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER., 



they are called Sprods, in the third Morts, in 

 the fourth Fork-Tails, in the fifth half Fish, 

 and in the sixth year, when they have attained 

 their growth; are thought worthy of the name 

 of Salmon: their greatest magnitude is 

 much the same in all parts of Europe, the 

 largest weighing from thirty to sixty pounds. 

 I caught one when angling with the fly at 

 Castle-Menzies in the year 1 765, that weigh- 

 ed fifty-four pounds and a half. 



The Salmon is a beautiful fish, and has 

 so many excellent qualities that it is every 

 where in the highest esteem : it has a longish 

 body covered with small thin scales, a small 

 head, a sharp snout, and a forked tail, the 

 colour on the back is bluish, on other parts 

 white generally intermixed with blackish or 

 reddish spots in a very agreeable manner : the 

 male is distinguished from the female by a 

 longer and hooked nose, his scales are not so 

 bright, and his body is speckled over with 

 dark brown spots j his belly is flatter, his flesh 

 more dry and not so red ; the excrescence 



