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HAL. Certainly not, at this time ; and it is not 

 necessary with a fish of this size, which ought to be 



Grayling. 



fried ; but if we catch a large grayling, approaching 

 to 21bs., he shall be killed, crimped, and boiled, like 

 our Denham trout ; you will then find him excellent, 

 and not inferior, in my opinion, to the best perch 

 more like the most exquisitely tasted of all our fish, 

 the red mullet. 



PHIS. Out of the water, this is a handsome fish, 

 broader round the middle, and more hog-backed than 

 the trout, but gracefully tapering towards the tail. 

 The belly, I see, is silvery with yellow; and the 

 pectoral, ventral, and anal fins are almost gold- 

 coloured ; the back gray with small black spots, and 

 the back fin of a beautiful bright purple, with black 

 and blue spots. It has likewise an agreeable odour ; 

 so that both from its colour and smell it does not 

 seem undeserving the title given it by St. Ambrose, of 



