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It is a veiy rare tiling- to take a brooli: trout 

 in the Adirondacks as heavy as five i)oundSj 

 three pounds being considered a large trout 

 there ; it is quite common in Maine to take them 

 weighing seven and eight i^ounds each, some- 

 times even nine pounds, and one of ten pounds 

 was taken by Mr. Page about two years since, 

 and can now be seen stutted, in a glass case, at 

 his office, No. 139 Maiden Lane, New York. 



Mr. Murray, on page 137, gives the length of 

 the largest trout he caught at 17f inches. The 

 Maine trout, weighing from seven to nine pounds, 

 will measure from 25 to 28 inches in length 5 and 

 Mr. Page's ten pounder is just 30 inches long. 



Lake trout are plenty in the Adirondacks, and 

 some as heavy as 15 to 20 pounds are taken, but 

 compared to the red speckled fellows they are 

 common and unattractive to the eye. Every 

 time you take a trout on the Maine fishing 

 grounds visited by our party, he is sure to be 

 a red speckled beauty. Many fish are en light 

 in certain portions of Maine and other adjacent 

 states, weighing from 10 to 20 i^ounds, and by 

 some called speckled trout ; speckled they are 

 no doubt, but Brook Trout they surely are not. 



As to boatSy those of the Saranac and Long 



