154 THE SEA-TROUT. 



pounds. It clifTirs from the falmon, in having t'le tail 

 terminating In a {Iraight line. The head is thick, fmooth, 

 and duflcy ; the back is of the fame colour, but grows 

 fainter towards, the fides, which are marked with larcre 

 irregular fpots of black. The tlefn, when boiled, is paler 

 than that of the falmon, but grateful fo the tafle *. 



A^iother fpecies, or perhaps, variety, of the trout, is 

 the famlet, the fmalleil of the kind, and by fome ac- 

 counted the fry of the falmon at a particular llage of 

 their growth : but as this fpecies remains in the rivers 

 after the departure of the young falmon, and is of a much 

 fmaller fize than they are after their return, the inference 

 is obvious, that it mult belong to a different tribe. It 

 nearly refembles the river-trout ; but may be diflin- 

 guifhed by a broader fhape ; by its fuperior whitenefs, 

 and by the Ihape of its tail, which is more forked ; and, 

 laflly, by the fmallnefs of its fize, which is much inferior 

 tP that of the trout f , 



^he River- "^rout +, 



X HE common trout is a fifli univerfally know^n in this 

 ifland, for the delicacy of its fleil), for the fport it affords 

 to the angler, and for the fupeiior beauty of its colours. 

 The common fpecies it is unnecefTary to defcrihe ; bu?, 

 there are fome varieties not unworthy of notice. The 

 colours of the trout vary greatly in diiferent waters : In 



Llyndivi. 



• Wlllough. t Brit Zoology, Gen. 33. 



I Saltno £ario, i.Ln. Syft. A Trout, Will. 



