SECOND DAY.] 



PARR, OR SAMLET. 



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Sittich. As I mentioned before, I have never yet met 

 with a gillaroo trout, except in Ireland. It is true, it 

 is only lately that I have had my attention directed to 

 the subject, and other fishermen or naturalists may be 

 more fortunate. 



POIET. Have you ever observed any other varieties 

 of the trout kind, which may be considered as, like 

 the gillaroo, forming a distinct species ? 



HAL. I think the parr, samlet, or brandling, 

 common to most of our rivers which communicate 

 with the sea, has a claim to be considered a distinct 



Parr, or Samlet. 



species ; yet the history of this fish is so obscure, and 

 so little understood, that, perhaps, I ought not to 

 venture to give an account of it. But in doing so, 

 you will consider me as rather asking for new infor- 



