VARIETIES OF TROUT. 



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new information, than as attempting a satis- 

 factory view of this little animal. 



ORN. I have seen this fish in the rivers 

 of Wales and Herefordshire, and have heard 

 it asserted, on what appeared to me good 

 authority, that it was a mule, the offspring 

 of a trout and a salmon. 



HAL. This opinion, I know, has been 

 supported by the fact, that it is found only 

 in streams which are occasionally visited by 

 salmon; yet I know no direct evidence in 

 favour of the opinion, and I should think it 

 much more probable, if it is a mixed race, 



