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teeth are more slender as well as more numerous than 

 in the Salmon or Bull-Trout ; those on the vomer extend- 

 ing along a great part of its length, and indenting the 

 tongue deeply between the two rows of teeth that are 

 there placed, one row along each side. The tail is less 

 forked at the same age than that of the Salmon, but be- 

 comes, like it, square at the end after the third year. The 

 size and surface of the tail also is much smaller than that 

 of the Salmon, from the comparative shortness of the caudal 

 rays. The figure at the head of this article represents 

 the Salmon-Trout in its second year ; the second figure 

 represents this species in its first year. 



This fish is the White Trout of Devonshire, Wales, 

 and Ireland ; it is found in the Severn, in the rivers of 

 Cornwall, and is plentiful in the Esk and the Eden, 

 which communicate with the Solway, where it is called Sea- 

 Trout. 



The habits of this species are also very like those of 

 the Salmon, and the females are said to run up the rivers 

 before the males. Sir William Jardine says, " In approach- 

 ing the entrance of rivers, or in seeking out, as it were, 

 some one they preferred, shoals of this fish may be seen 

 coasting the bays and headlands, leaping and sporting in 

 great numbers, from about one pound to three or four 



