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ately above the tail, which is hence called the 

 u hog-backed trout/' The trout spawns in Novem- 

 ber, depositing its ova in the same manner as the 

 salmon. The number of the ova varies from twenty 

 to many thousands according to the size of the fish, 

 and they are about the same size as those of the 

 salmon. 



There is a mode of taking trouts mentioned in 

 some authors, which savors much of having a com- 

 mon original with that safe rule for catching birds, 

 to wit, by putting a little salt on their tails. Speak- 

 ing of the trout, Thomas Cogan, in 1589, expresses 

 himself thus : " This fishe of Nature loveth flatterie : 

 for being in the water it will suffer it selfe to be 

 rubbed and clawed, and so be taken. Whose ex- 

 ample I would wish no maydes to follow, lest they 

 repent afterclappes." Haven of Health, p. 143. 

 In the Art of Angling, 1740, R. Brookes, M. D. 

 writes as follows : " There is a method of taking 

 Trout in some parts of England by tickling them ; 

 I knew one who was very expert in that art ; he 

 would grope for them in their lurking places, and 

 gently tickle their sides, which they seem to be 

 delighted with, 'till at length approaching their 

 gills he held them fast, and made them prisoners ; 

 and we learn, from the Philosophical Transactions, 

 that Carp are sometimes taken in the same way." 

 In future, let no philosophical sportsman be laughed 

 at for taking a salt-box with him to the moors, on 

 the 12th of August. 



7. Salmo Salmulus. The brandling trout, samlet, 

 pink, or par. Distinguished by a row of large 

 bluish marks descending from the back, on each 



