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Fence days appointed by the Justices in quarter Sessions, in Cornwall, 

 for the preservation of Salmon in the Rivers of that County. 



River Fowey, from the 15th December, to the 1st May, 

 both inclusive. 



River Camel, from the 23rd December, to tbe 15th May, 

 both inclusive. 



River Tamar, from the 1st November, to the 27th April, 

 both inclusive. 

 Second Parliamentary Report on the Salmon Fisheries, 1825, p. 154. 



BULL TROUT. S. Eriox. Jenyns, p. 423. Yarrell's Br. 

 F., vol. 2, p. 31. Less common than the Salmon, and nut 

 found in some Rivers. It may be questioned whether more 

 than one Species has not been confounded with this ; and 

 at least it is certain that various names have been employed 

 to designate it — as Pugtrout, Sea Trout, Bartholemew 

 Trout, and Sea TrufF. 



PEAL. S. Trutta. Jenyns, p. 423. Yarrell's Br. F., vol. 2, 

 p. 36. Salmon Peal. This is far more abundant than the 

 Salmon. It spawns in December or January, the females 

 being much more numerous than the males ; in so much 

 that in one instance that came under my own notice, to a 

 proportion of not less than twenty engaged in shedding their 

 roe, there was only one male. With regard to the latter 

 indeed, an error has existed, that it is a distinct Species, so 

 different are its markings and colour. The young Peal are 

 not easily distinguished from those of the Salmon : more 

 especially as they abound, and descend the Rivers together ; 

 but in the Winter, and first months of Spring, at the com- 

 mencement of their second year, when half grown, they are 

 known in the Rivers by the name of the White Trout ; after 

 which they are not distinguished from the adult fish. 



TROUT. S. Fario. Jenyns, p. 424. Yarrell's Br. F., vol. 

 2, p. 51. The Shot. This fish, though abundant, does not 

 reach so large a size in Cornwall, as in the more central 

 and Northern parts of the Kingdom : and the instances 

 where it is recorded to have attained to the weight of two 

 pounds, must be considered extraordinary. Dr. Borlase 

 makes especial mention of the size and beauty of the Loe 

 Trout ; which indeed in both these respects surpasses the 

 common race. But having been furnished, through, the 

 kindness of the late G. S. Borlase Esq., of Helston, with a 

 coloured Drawing and a couple of Specimens of this fish — 

 one of which has also been examined by Sir William Jar- 

 dine and Mr. Yarrell, I have the authority of these com- 

 petent judges to pronounce, that it is not specifically different 

 from the common sort. In the Spring it is not uncommon 

 for the Trout to go into salt water ; and on its return to be 

 so marked on the sides as to bear considerable likeness lo 

 the Samlet. 



