CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 371 



English close time commences." It will be seen from this ex- 

 tract that the late Government Inspector of Fisheries was of 

 the same opinion as the fishermen, fishwives, anglers, and other 

 residents in Northumberland, that the Bull-trout or Grey is a 

 species easily distinguished from the Salmon, as it is also from 

 the Salmon-Trout. 



At the present time full-grown Bull-trout, Salmo enox, are 

 sold in our fishmongers' shops often for and at the same price as 

 the true Salmo solar. Salmon-trout and "grilse," that is the 

 younger individuals of the Salmon and Bull-trout weighing 

 below seven pounds, are, when plentiful, sold at a trifle less per 

 pound than the full-grown fish ; but difference in price depends 

 greatly on the supply and not on any supposed difference in the 

 quality. Sometimes in the spring the wholesale price of Salmon- 

 trout is higher than for Salmon, but this also depends much on 

 the supply and demand. Bull-trout are often in great demand 

 for the Continental markets, and the French people shew their 

 good taste in preferring Bull-trout to Salmon, for when in good 

 condition, just before the spawning time, the Bull-trout is a 

 delicious and dainty fish. 



A remarkable and well-known character of the Bull-trout is 

 that he seldom rises to the fly when a clean fish, so that the 

 angler has no chance of hooking a Bull-trout except in the 

 spring, when he is a "Kelt," or unclean fish. In the sportsman's 

 opinion this is the very worst characteristic of the Bull-trout, 

 but it marks him out strongly from the Salmon. 



Salmo trutta, Linn. Sea-Tkout or Salmon-Trout. 



Salmo trutta, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 2, p. 36, 1st ed. 

 Sea-Trout, Couch, Yol. 4, pi. 214. 



"A Salmone differt, quod cauda ei tequalis sit et minime 



forcipata. Caro non rubet ut in Salmone, estque hircosior, 



graveolentior et ingratior quam in Graia." — J. Ray. Ascends 



the Tweed, Coquet, Tyne, Wear, and Tees, and the becks of the 



■ Yorkshire coast. M. 



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