SALMON — COMMON TROUT. 
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Exton Park. The Right Hon. Gierard Noel kindly informs me that, at the 
same time and place (Lower Lake, Exton Park, about 1880), another was 
taken of over 22 lbs., which is now in his possession. Both were caught the 
same night. Mr. Finch writes me (in 1888) that the largest taken in Burley 
Ponds was captured by Mr. W. Neal a few years back, and weighed 22 lbs. 
Family SALMONID.®. 
'SALMON. Scdmo solar, lannseus. 
Harley stated that it occurred in the Soar about Kegworth and near 
lioughborough, and also that it had been taken at Zouch Mills, near Lough- 
borough. At the present day, however, it must be regarded as rare, although 
I heard of one taken at Ratcliflfe Lock, in 1883, which was said to have 
weighed 26 lbs. 
The ‘Leicester Daily Post’ of 21st Feb., 1884, recorded, under the 
heading “Unseasonable Salmon,” that some men, two of whom rejoiced in 
the soubriquets of “Buck” and “Pretty,” were fined for taking a Salmon on 
19th Jan., 1884, which, they explained, they had seen in the stream at 
Dishley, pursued by a mob of men and boys. 
COMMON TROUT. Salmo fario, Linnseus. 
“ Brook-Trout.” 
Sparingly distributed in the county. — At Bradgate, where it is strictly 
preserved, it is abundant, and attains a fair size. Thornton Reservoir was, 
however, at one time, so I am informed by Mr. Gf. Lillingston Johnson, of 
Ulverscroft, “ the best bit of still -water Trout-fishing in England,” a fact 
corroborated by Mr. J. Oarle Browne, of Leamington, who says : — “ As a Trout- 
lake, unrivalled for the great average weight of the fish,” he having taken 
many fishes, as I find from extracts from his diary (kindly forwarded to me), 
of 3 lbs. and 4 lbs. weight. One was taken on 11th Aug., 1859, of 4 lbs. 13 oz. ; 
and another on the 16th, of 4 lbs. 9 oz. On 1st. Sept., 1860, he took eight 
fish, the total weight of which was 30 lbs. 4 oz.— an average of 3 lbs. 12^ oz., or 
nearly 4 lbs. each. On 13th May, 1861, he caught a fish of 4 lbs. 8 oz. ; on the 
16th, one of 4 lbs. 10 oz. ; and in five consecutive days — May 13th to l7th, 1861 — 
he killed twenty-seven fish, only eight of which were under 3 lbs., and only two 
of these just under 2 lbs. ; the largest being 4 lbs. 10 oz., and the whole twenty- 
seven fish making the remarkable aggregate weight of 87 lbs. ! The finest 
fish, however, killed by Mr. Browne was one, on 19th August, 1859, which 
weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz., although he says : — “ I hooked and played one Trout for 
some time, which leaped out of the water several times, giving me a good 
