10 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 
distributed throughout the country. In Ireland 
it is the white-trout, in Cornwall and Devon the 
peal. Although not now so abundant as formerly, 
it is still taken in quantities in the salmon rivers 
of both our east and west coasts. Like its con- 
geners, the salmon-trout enters rivers to spawn, 
leaving them again after depositing its eggs. As 
rivers are “early” and “late,” the fish ascend from 
the sea through summer and autumn, spawning 
from October to December. The kelts descend 
during the spring months at the same time as the 
smelts, after which the latter rapidly increase in size. 
The sea-trout is one of the favourite fishes 
of the angler. It is usually game for some 
weeks after trout are “ out, 
interest attaches to its coming. The fisherman 
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and considerable 
watches for signs of the sea-fish in autumn 
as eagerly as he hoped for the advent of 
the swallow in spring. The presence of the 
former betokens long night-fishings and abundant 
sport. He is not so wary as the trout, and a 
far more assiduous feeder. In September, 
anglers who love autumn fishing move down to 
the deeps to meet the coming army. The fish 
enter the river in shoals, and every freshet 
enables them to gain a higher reach. As soon 
as they have had time to disperse, the angler 
takes the self-same stand from which only the 
