54 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



that some young ones, which were caught and 

 marked, were supposed to have increased one 

 pound per week. Sup. Daniel's Sports. 



Extraordinary Circumstance. A gentleman 

 lately bought at a fishmonger's in Perth, a few 

 pounds of small sized trout, in cleaning which, 

 the servant discovered in one of them, a hard 

 substance, which turned out to be the whole of a 

 teat of a cow : the trout was of the yellow kind, 

 and measured only fourteen inches in length. 

 Scotchman, Sept. 1833. 



It is not an uncommon circumstance for per- 

 sons residing in the country, to place trout in 

 their wells; they find them very useful in de- 

 stroying insects, and keeping the water pure. 

 About eight years ago a trout three inches in 

 length, was put into a well at Delnashaugh, and 

 it is now fully eighteen inches in length, and so 

 tame that it will eat out of the hand of any per- 

 son that will hold out food for it. Elgin Courier. 



Trout Lakes of Inchiquin. The trout in these 

 lakes are very fine, and of two kinds, red and 

 white ; the latter, when hooked, will often spring 

 a great height out of the water. One trout killed 

 here was unusually thick, deep, silvery, and bore 

 the colour and shape of a salmon ; it weighed ten 

 pounds and a half. Angler in Ireland. 



