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Geneva sometimes weigh from forty to fifty 

 pounds. 



Captain Heaviside, of Egham Hythe, fishing 

 for perch, with a paternoster, at the old bridge of 

 Staines, on Saturday, January 26th, 1833, hooked 

 a heavy fish, which he conceived at first to be a 

 jack, but he was soon undeceived: it proved to be 

 a fine trout, about eight pounds weight, and in 

 the best condition, being as bright as silver, and 

 cut a beautiful colour ; bait, live gudgeon ; hook 

 No. 6 ; measured two feet two inches in length, 

 and one foot two inches in girth. This is a re- 

 markable thing so early in the season, and is a 

 proof of the mildness of the winter. 



On Saturday morning, May 31, 1834, a trout, 

 in the highest season, and of an extraordinary 

 size, weighing fourteen pounds, was caught with 

 the rod and line, by Lieut. General Sir Samuel 

 Hawker, while angling in the Thames, near Rich- 

 mond, and afterwards presented to his Majesty. 

 Sunday Times, June 15, 1834. 



Mr. Tomkins, of Polgaron, put some river 

 trout, of two inches and a half in length, into a 

 newly-made pond. He took some out the second 

 year, about twelve inches in length ; third, six- 

 teen ; fourth, twenty-five. 



Carew's Survey of Cornwall. 

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