THE SALMON FAMILY. 



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in Wales and Ireland, where it is very numerous, it com- 

 monly goes by the name of White-Trout. This fish is the 

 " Fordwich Trout " of Izaak Walton, so named from a vil- 

 lage on the Stour near Canterbury, where it still maintains 

 its reputation for being " rare good meat "■ — according, at 

 least, to the reports of those who have tasted it from the 

 Ramsgate market. Specimens are occasionally taken in the 

 Thames above Putney Bridge by Shad-fishermen in June 

 and July; and Mr. M'CuUoch mentions that it is found in 

 a fresh-water lake in Lismore, one of the Hebrides, where it 

 has existed for many years, precluded from ever visiting 

 the sea, but apparently quite reconciled to its prison, and 

 breeding freely *. 



From 1 to 5 lbs. is the usual weight of the Sea-Trout, 

 the Irish specimens generally averaging a somewhat larger 

 size than those of England or Scotland. The annexed 

 engraving represents a Sea-Trout in its fourth year, and 

 the figiu'C at the head of this article one of three years old. 



The following large specimens are mentioned by Sir 

 John Richardson : — 



* Journal of tlie Royal Institution, No. 34. p. 211, 



