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is called the Sewin), and, according to Dr. Heysham, in 

 some of the Cumberland waters debouching into the Solway 

 Frith. In Ireland it occurs very generally on either side of 

 the northern portion of the island ; and Killala Bay, Dona- 

 ghadee, Florence Court, Beleek, Crawfordsburn, Nanny 

 Water, Ballyhalbert, and Dundrum are all referred to by 

 Thompson as places whence he had obtained specimens. 



Sir William Jardine mentions the Bull-Trout as being 

 found in the Annan, Dumfriesshire ; and by Mr. Low it is 

 stated to be an inhabitant of the Loch of Stenness, Orkney. 

 The Liddel, which runs through Roxburghshire, appears 

 to have been once renowned for this fish. Sir Walter 

 Scott, in his Notes to the ( Lay of the Last Minstrel/ says 

 there is an old rhyme which thus celebrates the places 

 in Liddesdale remarkable for game : 



Billhope braes for bucks and raes, 



And Carit haugh for swine, 

 And Tarras for the good Bull-Trout, 



If lie be ta'en in time. 



" The bucks and roes as well as the old swine are now 

 extinct, but the good Bull-Trout is still famous/' 



The young of the Bull-Trout is the Warkworth Trout 

 and Coquet Trout of Northumberland and Durham. 



All laws relating to Salmon apply equally to the Bull- 

 Trout and its young, under whatever local names they 

 may be known. 



Principal Characteristics of the Bull- Trout. Length of head com- 

 pared to body only, as 1 to 4; general form of body similar to that of 



