2. On the Growth and Migration of the Sea-Trout (Salmo Trutta)

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The author has here pursued the same course of experimental enquiry regarding the sea-trout, as that formerly followed in relation to the salmon. Having obtained impregnated ova, from a pair of spawning fish, he conveyed these ova to his experimental ponds. This was on 1st November 1839, and the young were excluded from the egg in 75 days. They resembled salmon of the same age, but were somewhat smaller and paler. They took two years to grow about seven inches, and the majority were then converted into smolts. But about one-fourth did not assume the silvery lustre; and this peculiarity, Mr Shaw thinks, distinguishes a like proportion even in the rivers.