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the colours are always the most briHiant in those fish 

 that feed on the water shrimp ; an^ these are also the 

 most highly prized for the table. The flesh of the gray 

 trout {Salmo ferox) is very inferior in quality to this 

 species. The lake trout {Salmo lacustris, Lin.) and the 

 Swiss charr {8. umhla, Lin.) sWe both esteemed fish of the 

 lakes of Switzerland. 



The bull trout {Salma esox), according to Mr. Buck- 

 land, are not such good eating as the salmon proper ; 

 their flesh is white and not so tasteful as that of the 

 salmon. The reason of this is as yet unexplained. In 

 the local markets in Wales the price is slightly less per 

 pound for bull trout than for salmon, but the great 

 market for them is in France. The fish hawkers some- 

 times clip the round tail of the bull trout into a square 

 shape, and sell the fish for salmon. The bull trout of 

 the Cognet sometimes attains a considerable size ; one 

 was caught in 1878 which weighed 22|- lbs. 



The delicate flavour of the brook trout or American 

 charr [Salmo [Salvelinusjfontinalin, Mitchell), is known to 

 all. As Aldrovandus quaintly expresses it, " The salmon, 

 the grayling, and the trout, all fish that live in clear 

 and sharp streams, are made by their mother Nature, of 

 such exact shape and pleasant colours purposely to 

 invite us to joy and contentedness in feasting with 

 her." St. Ambrose of old called the grayling the " flower 

 fish." 



Salmon. — Formerly the salmon of the Tweed was all 

 pickled and salted, after being boiled, and sent to Lon- 

 don under the name of Newcastle salmon. Within the 

 memory of some old people, salted salmon formed a 

 material article of food in the farmhouses of the Vale of 

 Tweed, insomuch that indoor servants often bargained 

 that they should not be obliged to take more than two 

 meals of salmon weekly. It could then be bought 

 fresh at 2s. per stone, now it is usually that price per 

 pound. 



The average value of Sahno salar sold in London 

 may be stated at £250,000. In 1889 32,450 boxes of 



