Class IV. T R O U T. 3^J 



Gillaroo trout, with a large one from the Uxbridge 

 river. The laft, if I recoiled, was fmaller, and 

 out of feafon ; and its ftomach (notwithftanding it 

 was very thick) was much inferior in ftrength ta 

 that of the former: but on the whole, thtre was 

 not the left fpecific difference between the two 

 fubjeds. 



Trouts are moft voracious fifh, and afford ex- 

 cellent diverfion to the angler : the paflion for the 

 fport of angling is fo great in the neighborhood of 

 London^ that the liberty of fiihing in fome of the 

 ftreams in the adjacent counties, is purchafed at 

 the rate of ten pounds per annum. 



Thefe fifh fhift their quarters to fpav/n, and, like 

 falmon, make up towards the heads of rivers to 

 depofit their roes. The under jaw of the trout is 

 fubjed, at certain times, to the fame curvature as 

 that of the falmon. 



A trout taken in LlyndlUt^ in Benhighjhire^ De^crsf, 

 which is famous for an excellent kind, meafured 

 feventeen inches, its depth three and three quarters, 

 its weight one pound ten ounces : the head thick % 

 the nofe rather fharp : the upper jaw a little longer 

 than the lower ^ both jaws, as well as the head, 

 were of a pale brown, blotched with black : the 

 teeth fharp and ftrong, difpofed in the jaws, roof 

 of the mouth and tongue, as is the cafe with the 

 whole genus, except the Gwyniad, which is tooth- 

 lefs, and the Graylings which has none on its 

 tongue. 



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