34 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



ought not to strike too eagerly ; they feed 

 freely enough and struggle hard for their 

 lives. 



THE SAMLET, FINGERING-PARR, 

 OR PINK-TROUT, 



Never exceeds three or four inches in 

 length, and has teeth in the jaws, palate, and 

 tongue ; the body is covered with small scales 

 like a Trout, the back full of black spots, 

 and on the sides are five or six impressions 

 of such a form, as though they had been 

 made with fingers across the fish, hence some 

 give them the title of Fingerings ; in every 

 one of these pits there is generally a red 

 spot ; their bellies are white,, and their tails 

 forked like a Salman;, their spawning time 

 is about the beginning of November, at 

 which time also Salmon spawning is at the 

 height; and they are found only in places 

 where these resort, and whether they waiv 

 der into the sea or not, remains a doubt ; 

 I have taken them in the Tweed, the Tay, 



