Class IV. S A M L j: T. 30J 



fite fiivery whitenefs : firft dorfal fin fpotted with 

 black : tail black, and much forked. 



The firft dorfal fin has eleven rays; pe61:ora\ 

 thirteen -, ventral, nine ; anal, nine. 



LET, 



LeTacon? Beton, 275. gerin Ehoracenjllus. Rati H^^-^^am- 



Salmulus, //^r^o-r^z^ Samlet fyn, pifc, 63. 



didus. WiL Icth, 192. Salmoneta, a Branlin. Rafs 



Salmulus, the Samlet Here- Letters, 199. 

 fordienfibiiSy Branlin et Fin- 



THE famlet is the left of the trout kind, is 

 frequent in the Wye^ in the upper part pf th© 

 Severn^ and the rivers that run into it^ in the north 

 of England^ and in Wales, It is by feveral ima- 

 gined to be the fry of the falmon; but our reafons 

 for diffenting from that opinion are thefe : 



Firft, It is well known that the faimon fry ne- 

 ver continue in frefh water the whole year ; but as 

 numerous as they appear on their firft efcape from 

 the fpawn, all vanifh on the firft vernal flood that 

 happens, which fweeps them into the fea, and 

 leaves fcarce one behind. 



Secondly, The growth of the faimon fry is fo 

 quick and fo cohfiderable, as fuddenly to exceed 

 the bulk of the largeft famlet ; for example, the 

 fry that have quitted the frefti water in the fpring, 

 not larger than gudgeonsj return into it again a 

 foot or more in length. 



Thirdly, 



