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two miles east-north-east of Canterbury. The stream 

 called the Stour was formerly very considerable ; it commu- 

 nicates with the sea opposite the back of the Isle of Sheppy, 

 and from Fordwich one branch going eastward, again enters 

 the sea at Sandwich. The ancient right to the fishery 

 at Fordwich was enjoyed jointly by two religious establish- 

 ments : it is now vested in six or seven individuals, who 

 receive a consideration for their several interests. It was 

 formerly the custom to visit the nets at Fordwich every 

 morning to purchase the fish caught during the night. 

 I have seen specimens of the Salmon-Trout from the Sand- 

 wich river exposed for sale in the fishmongers 1 shops at 

 Ramsgate, during the season for visiting that watering-place ; 

 and the Salmon-Trout is also occasionally taken in the 

 Medway by fishermen who work long nets for Smelts during 

 the autumn and winter. I have obtained a young fish 

 of the year in the Thames from the men who fish for 

 Shads above Putney-bridge in the months of June and 

 July. 



The largest adult fish of this species I have ever seen 

 was in the possession of Mr. Groves, the fishmonger of 

 Bond-street : this specimen, which occurred in June 1831, 

 was a female in very fine condition, and weighed seventeen 

 pounds. 



Dr. Mac Culloch states, that the Salmon-Trout, or Sea- 

 Trout, as it is called in Scotland, is now a permanent 

 resident in a fresh-water lake in the island of Lismore, 

 one of the Hebrides, and without the power of leaving 

 it or reaching the sea. There it has been known for a long 

 course of years, perfectly reconciled to its prison, and pro- 

 pagating without any apparent difficulty."* 



The length of the head is, when compared with the length 



* Journal of the Royal Institution, No. xxxiv. p. 211. 



