CHAPTER X. 



CAPTURE OF FISH. 



SCOTCH loch-fishing, as usually practised, 

 *^ only embraces the capture of the salmo 

 species that is, the salmo fario, or common 

 yellow trout ; the salmo trutta, or sea-trout ; and 

 salmo solar, the "fish," as most boatmen call 

 it, and the noblest game of the finny creation. 

 Besides these there is, of course, the salmo 

 ferox ; but it is comparatively scarce, and only 

 worth trolling for in some particular lochs, 

 where they are known to be more easily come 

 across than in others. And sometimes when 

 worthier game is not to be had, we have a 

 spin for pike, but Mr Jack is as difficult to 

 catch at times as his more aristocratic com- 

 rades. In most Scotch lochs where any super- 

 vision is exercised at the instance of our local 



