Yes, one occasionally comes across a Brown trout in an isolated location. Wandered in one flood several years ago and been marooned ever since.

The review of The Megalithic European in this morning's Times gives it about nine and threequarters out of ten. I wonder if there is an idea or concept within the text of the book that originated on this board ?

Having said that, according to Far Eastern legend, a carp that succeeded in swimming upstream in the Yellow River to leap over a place called the Dragon Gate would be transformed instantly into a might dragon. Hence a leaping carp came to represent good wishes for someone's success - in particular success in the governmental civil service examinations.

Paintings on screens of leaping carps are often found at the entrance to temples and government buildings; the screens are placed there not only for the above meaning but also because it was (still is actually) thought that evil spirits can only travel in straight lines and placing a screen in the entrance hall effectively stops them dead in their tracks.