268 ANGLING. 



spring and summer in the fresh waters. What- 

 ever may be the case in continental countries, its 

 habits are otherwise in the rivers of our sea-girt 

 isle, where during November it attains its best 

 condition. Besides, Sir Humphrey Davy found 

 by experiment that this species could not outlive 

 the effects of even brackish water. 



The grayling is a bold and sportive fish, but 

 more tender in the mouth than the trout. It rises 

 well to what is called the camlet-fly, and to several 

 other of the smaller sized trout-flies. It seems 

 rather fond of game, at least has no objection to a 

 moorfowl wing, and hare-ear body, and may be 

 angled for successfully with the caddis-worm, and 

 other ground baits. 



Although the natural history of the gwyniad or 

 fresh water herring, called Schelly in Cumberland, 

 of the vendace of the Loch Maben district, and the 

 pollan of Ireland, presents many points of interest 

 to the student of Ichthyology, yet as these are not, 

 strictly speaking, anglers 1 fishes, we must leave 

 them unrecorded in our present volume. For the 

 same reason the varied and invaluable tribes of 

 marine species, from the slender bodied silvery 

 smelt to the gigantic cod-fish, and far expanded 

 skate, can claim no portion of the angler's time, 

 except when sounds 



" That Tocsin of the soul, the dinner bell." 



We shall, therefore, conclude this portion of our 

 volume by setting a few lines for eels. 



