Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 530
Ambrose of Milan was both safe and happyin pronouncing it the flower of fishes, apparentlyin reference to its manifold tints and to the odourwhich is supposed to have induced Ausonius todub it Thymallus. Few men can be found toagree as to the specific perfume which is dis-cernible in handling a… … Grayling. yields precisely such a faint suggestion ofcucumber, or thyme, as that which the majorityof observers claim for the grayling, and as arule it is unmistakable, if not easily defined.The suggestion has been thrown out that theodour of the grayling varies with its diet. TheFrench call the…
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