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The Great Lake Troutj which is perhaps best known 

 to anglers as the species for which Loch Awe has always 

 been famous, is probably distributed throughout almost 

 all the larger and deeper lochs of Scotland. It occurs to 

 my knowledge in Lochs Ericht, Lochy, Garry, and Laggan, 

 and it has also been recognized in Loch Shin, in Lochs 

 Loyal and Assynt, and amongst some of the Orkney and 

 Shetland Islands. In Ireland it appears to be an in- 

 habitant of all the best-known and most extensive lakes, 

 having been found in Loughs Mask, Melvin, Erne, Corrib, 

 and Neagh, where it is locally named Buddagh, the younger 

 and smaller-sized fish being termed Dolachans. It is the 

 Ullswater TVout and Grey Trout of the English Lake- 

 districts, referred to by Dr. Heysham, and was erroneously 

 considered to be identical with the Great Trout of the 

 Lake of Geneva — a theory contradicted by Agassiz, who 

 pronounced it to be distinct from any of the large Con- 

 tinental species. 



The specific name ferox has been given to this fish from 

 its extraordinary fierceness and voracity, which are such 

 that, having once seized a bait, it wUl allow itself to be 

 dragged by its hold for 40 or 50 yards, and when acci- 

 dentally freed will immediately seize it again. The stomachs 

 of the specimens that I have caught have been constantly 

 found gorged with food. The only way of taking the larger 

 fish is by spinning with a small Parr or other glittering 

 bait towed behind a boat, for which purpose very powerful 

 tackle is required, as the fish is of immense strength, and 



