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(1862) an unusual number of iish were taken, the four 

 largest being of the respective weights of 11 lbs., 12 lbs., 

 8| lbs., and 8 lbs., — of which the two first were taken by the 

 punts of George Keene and Thomas Purdy, and the two last 

 in that of John Harris, Jun. I can strongly recommend 

 this fisherman — one of the very best on the Thames — ^to 

 any one desiring a good instructor in this somewhat peculiar 

 branch of angling. A Thames Trout of 15 lbs. weight was 

 caught in 1835 ; but the largest of which I can find any 

 record is one of 16| lbs., taken by John Harris, Sen., land- 

 lord of the Lincoln Arms, Wey bridge, at Laleham, in 1822. 



Many other waters in England produce very large Trout. 

 At Herdcot House, near Salisbury, there is preserved the 

 skin of a Trout which was taken from a tributary of the 

 Avon running through that town. Its weight was 25 lbs., 

 and its length 4 feet 2^ inches ; in girth it measured 2 feet 

 1 inch. This is probably the fish alluded to in the ' Transac- 

 tions of the Linnean Society' as being caught on the lltli 

 of January, 1822, in a brook some 10 feet wide at the back 

 of Castle Street, Salisbury. Mr. Powell, at the bottom of 

 Avhose garden it was discovered, placed it in a pond, where 

 it was fed for four months, until it died, when it was found 

 that it had decreased in weight to 21^ lbs. 



A male fresh-water non-migratory Trout of 30 lbs. weight, 

 from Lough Neagh, Ireland, was cooked at Brookes's Clul) 

 in October 1832. It was beautifally spotted, and its flesh 

 of good colour and flavour. The length of this fish was 

 40 inches, and its girth 24 inches. 



