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In the neighbourhood of Downton a Trout was caught 

 with the fly by a Mr. Bailey which weighed 14 Ibs. ; antl 

 in a small tributary of the Trent at Drayton Manor a fish 

 was taken exceeding in weight 21 Ibs.* A portrait of this 

 fish is still in the possession of the family of the late Sir 

 Robert Peel. 



These weights, however, large as they are, are dwarfed 

 by comparison with those of specimens of the Great Lake 

 Trout of Cumberland and Scotland, and of some of the 

 Trout of the Continental and North American waters. 

 Lakes Michigan and Superior abound with monster Trout 

 of such a size as to set at defiance all attempts to capture 

 them with rod and line f. One of the smaller-sized of these 

 fish (weighing however 72 Ibs.) was actually caught by a 

 fisherman in Lake Huron ; but it was altogether inferior, 

 both in appearance and flavour, to the beautiful species 

 found in our own streams. Some curious facts respecting 

 the habits of the Huron Trout are mentioned by Feather- 

 stonhaugh in his ' Canoe-Voyage up the Minnay Sotor/ 

 " Upon one occasion," he says, " Mr. Biddle caught one 

 of the Great Trout of the Lake, which, when it was drawn 

 up, had a large White-fish (Coregonus albus) in its throat, 

 with the tail sticking out of its mouth, whilst inside the 

 Trout's stomach were two more White-fish, each weighing 

 about 10 Ibs. Both these fishes were lying with their heads 

 downwards, and in this manner he had invariably found 



* Zoologist, 1848, p. 2324. 



t Fly-fishing in Salt and Fresh Water, p. 72. 



