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and the trout, that have similar habits, might 

 be expected to resemble them. When trout 

 feed most on small fish, as minnows, and on 

 flies, they have more tendency to become 

 spotted with small black spots, and are gene- 

 rally more silvery. The Colne trout are, in 

 their advanced state, of this kind; and so 

 are the trout, called in Ireland buddocks 

 and dolochans, found in Loch Neah. Par- 

 ticular character becomes hereditary, and 

 the effects of a peculiar food influence the 

 appearance of the next generation. I hope, 

 Ornither, you have had good sport. 



ORN. Excellent ! Since you left me, 

 below the wear, I have hooked at least 

 fifteen or twenty good fish, and landed and 

 saved eight above lbs.; but I have taken 

 no fish like the great one which you caught 

 by poaching with the natural flies. The 

 trout rose wonderfully well within the last 

 quarter of an hour, but they are now all 

 still; and the river, which was in such active 

 motion, is now perfectly quiet, and seems 

 asleep and almost dead. 



HAL. It is past four o'clock, and some 



