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more prized species. We shall briefly notice its 

 young (as part and parcel of those gregarious and 

 nomadian tribes called Sea-trout) in the course of 

 the following article. 



THE SALMON-TROUT.* 



In a commercial and culinary point of view this 

 is the most important species we possess, next to 

 the salmon. It bears a closer resemblance to that 

 fish than to the bull-trout in its general form and 

 aspect, but its teeth are more numerous, both on 

 the jaws, tongue, and vomer. The tail is not so 

 much forked at the same age as that of the salmon, 

 but it becomes square, as in that species, in the 

 course of adolescence. According to Mr. Yarrell, 

 the size and surface of the tail are also less than 

 those of the salmon, owing to the comparative short- 

 ness of the caudal rays. 



Many authors and anglers are of opinion that 

 there are two kinds of salmon-trout (Salmo trutta 

 and albus of Naturalists), and to these, in their 

 various states, the names of sea-trout, white- trout, 

 herling, whitling, phinock, &c. have been applied. 

 The characters of each, however, are extremely 

 difficult to determine and define ; and we agree 

 with Sir William Jardine and Mr. Yarrell, that 

 both will be found to merge eventually into one, 

 entitled to the name of Salmo trutta. These fish 

 are very abundant in broad Scotland (one of the 

 narrowest countries ever known), and are taken in 



* Salmo trutta, Linn. Salmo alliis, Flem. ? 



