NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SALMONIDA. 177 
his tackle and the weights he used to lead his line, was 
unique. 
In Sweden, a writer, formerly well known to readers of 
angling literature under the om de plume of ‘An Old Bushman,’ 
gives thirty pounds as a weight frequently attained by the Great 
Lake trout in the waters of that country. The marks by which 
he distinguished the /evox from the fario, when of a greater 
weight than, say, eight or twelve pounds, were ‘ the thick clumsy 
form, the great square tail, and the dull bluish steel colour of 
the body, with but fewish spots.’ His conclusion, however, 
it should be stated is rather in favour of the lake trout being 
merely overgrown specimens of the Salmo fario than distinct 
species, an opinion boldly advanced also by that thoroughly 
practical fisherman, Mr. Thomas Tod Stoddart, in the teeth of 
Yarrell, Couch, Selby, Wilson, Jardine, and other ichthyologists. 
In the parr or early stage of growth it is very difficult, if 
not impossible, to distinguish between the young of the Salmo 
fario and of the Great Lake trout. 
TOPPING OVER ALL 
t 
UNDER PINGS { HORNS 
/ WINGS 
i va 
CHEEKS 
/ 
SHOULDER ornTHROAT 
SS HACKLE 
‘ 
i RIBBING OR TINSEL 
' 
{ BODY 
HACKLE 
NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A SALMON-FLY. 
