356 THE ANGLER-NATURALIST. 



what might bo dono with the f,'i!ntlo iind artificial graus- 

 hopper in tho deep, (|iii(',t swiiiiH towurdn October and 

 November. 



It lias b<',('.ii aKH(U't(^d tliat tho (Jrayliiif^ iH not, liiu', the 

 Trout, indi^^cnoiiH to thin eoiititry, but was intru<liKHul by 

 tho itiordiH on aeeoiirit of its cdil)lo i|iialil,i('h — a HujipoHition 

 to wliieb the |)ec,uliarity oftlie local diHi.ribiilioii doubtloHB 

 ^^ave rise J and it iH certainly clear that its gastronomic 

 attraetiorm were fully appreeiatcid by tlie hixuriouH cUtI- 

 cals. father Sanctus calls it a " Uiiccn of delight"; and 

 Walton tells us that " St. Ambrow;, I'dsliop of Milan, who 

 lived when the Gliiireh kept fa»ting-day», niuncH him as 

 the ' flower-fiMJi ' or 'flower of fiNlicH,' and that be was so 

 far in love with \nui that be would not let him pass with- 

 out the honour of a long discourse." Two cireumHlii rices, 

 however, ufijiear to rniliiaie a^^airisi tb(! eoiielusion that 

 the (irayling was introduced by the monks : — first, that 

 it would be exceedingly didicult to bring tbe fish ovcrr 

 alive from tin; (yontinctnt ; and secondly, that it is not 

 foiinii in the streams of Kent, DorHclHliirc, Devonshire, or 

 Cornwall, where monastic cstablisbiiKuits were formerly 

 most nurrieroMH. 



In Tlampshirc and Wiltshire tho Orayling is found in 

 the Test, the Wharf, and in both the Avons; in Hereford- 

 shire, in the Dove, the Lug, the Wye, and tbe Irvon; in 

 Shropshire, in the Tome and ('liiri j in Htaflbrd shire, in the 

 Jiodder, the Trent, the Dove, imrl the Wye; in Derby- 

 shire, in the Dove; in Merionethshire, in Uk; Dee, between 



