BULL-TROUT. 



and Cornwall : it occurs in the estuary of the Severn, and 

 I have seen it from the rivers of South Wales. Dr. Hey- 

 sham includes this fish among those of the rivers of Cum- 

 berland that run into the Solway. Mr. Low says it is 

 found in the loch of Stenness, Orkney. 



The Bull-Trout appears to be the Salmo maculis cine- 

 reis caudte extremo tequali of Artedi, page 23, sp. 2 ; 

 and probably also, as quoted, the Graia Salmo cinereus 

 sen griseus of Willughby and Ray, whose specific names 

 have precedence of eriox. This fish sometimes attains 

 the weight of twenty pounds ; but it more commonly oc- 

 curs under fifteen pounds' weight. It ascends rivers for 

 the purpose of spawning, in the same manner as the Sal- 

 mon, but earlier in the season ; and the fry are believed 

 to go down to the sea sooner than the fry of the Salmon. 

 This species affords good sport to anglers : it feeds vora- 

 ciously, taking any fly or bait freely ; and, from its great 

 muscularity, it is a powerful fish when hooked, frequently 

 leaping out of the water. It is not, however, held in 

 the same degree of estimation as food as the Salmon or 

 Salmon-Trout : the flesh, even when the fish is in season, 

 is of a pale orange colour, at other times yellowish white. 

 But few are sent to the London markets, and these produce 

 comparatively but an inferior price. 



The description is taken from an adult male of thirty-two 

 inches in length, from which the cut at the head of this 

 article was drawn and engraved. 



The length of the head compared to that of the body 

 only is as one to four ; the teeth and the form of the 

 parts of the gill-covers have been already described ; the 

 elongation of the under jaw is peculiar to the males only, 

 but is not in the Bull-Trout so conspicuous as in the 

 Salmon ; the dorsal fin commences half-way between the 



