. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . indeed mysterious, nor has any explanation been offeredwhy they inhabit certain waters, while other lakes in the neighbourhood, apparently equallysuitable, contain none. The Grayling is an elegant member of the Salmon Family, and a deserved favourite withfly-fishers. Instead of the golden tints and scarlet spots of the brook-trout, this fish displaysthe silvery colouring of the salmon-trout. It is not at all uncommon to meet with graylingin the chalk-streams of Southern England weighing 3 lbs. and upwards. The POWAN i
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . indeed mysterious, nor has any explanation been offeredwhy they inhabit certain waters, while other lakes in the neighbourhood, apparently equallysuitable, contain none. The Grayling is an elegant member of the Salmon Family, and a deserved favourite withfly-fishers. Instead of the golden tints and scarlet spots of the brook-trout, this fish displaysthe silvery colouring of the salmon-trout. It is not at all uncommon to meet with graylingin the chalk-streams of Southern England weighing 3 lbs. and upwards. The POWAN is the t\-pc of another large group of salmon-lik-e fishes, inhabiting lakes in thetemperate and sub-arctic regions of bothhemispheres. Thereare four species inGreat Britain, amongwhich may be men-tioned the mysteriousVendace of Loch-maben, unknown toexist elsewhere. L a s 11 \-, t h eSalmon Family isclosed by the delicateSmelt, called in Scot-land the Sparling,which is netted invast numbers in theestuaries of suitablerivers. It neverascends beyond thehighest point of the. WsH h If. Rtid] [lfi:hAic, N. AMERICAN SALMON-TROUT FROM DIAMOND LAKE,NEW ZEALAND That fiih ivere taken out of the tuaier to be photographed^ and then put back again 26o THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD tide, where it deposits its spawn in the spring months. It is a gratifying tribute to thegood work done of late years by the local authorities in purifying the Thames that, aftera long absence, this \ahiable fish has reappeared in that river, which it now ascends in con-siderable numbers as high as Teddington Weir. Much discussion has taken place recently with regard to the question whether salmon p- , feed while in fresh-water. Not long ago it wasannounced that theysuftcred from a diseasedcondition of the stomachduring this period, andwere consequently quiteunable to feed. Subse-quently it was foundthat the supposed dis-eased condition of thestomach was due to thefishes not being perfectlyfresh when they were e
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