GRAYLING. 177 



Ambrose, of the flower of fishes. It mea- 

 sures, I find, 14 inches in length; in girth 7|. 

 It has 10 spines in the pectoral fin, 23 in the 

 dorsal, 16 in the ventral, 14 in the anal, and 

 18 in the caudal. 



HAL. Now for its anatomy. Its stomach 

 is very thick, not unlike that of a char or 

 gillaroo trout, and contains flies, gravel, and 

 larvae, with their cases. The liver and 

 bowels do not differ much from those of a 

 trout; and the ovaria or roe, with eggs as 

 large as mustard seed, are on each side the 

 air bladder. Though a thicker fish, the 

 grayling does not weigh much more than the 

 trout in proportion to his length : the greater 

 breadth of back is compensated by the more 

 rapid tapering of tail, and a trout in very 

 high season will sometimes equal in weight 

 a grayling of the same length. The ova in 

 this fish, and in the species generally, are 

 very small at this time of the year; but in 

 the beginning of April, the season of their 

 spawning, they become nearly as large as 

 the ova of the trout of the size of pepper- 

 corns. But I see, Poietes, your rod is in 



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