PREFACE 



attractive way, the results of my labor and 

 research. 



In addition to this, it has been my endeavor to 

 awaken an interest in the transplanted charrs or 

 the trouts, which, in the near future, may be 

 expected to inhabit many of our lakes and 

 streams to which they are well adapted, and 

 where they will, doubtless, add variety to the 

 sport of angling, owing to the excellence of their 

 game-like characteristics. The large reproductions 

 of the oil paintings which accompany this work 

 will, if closely examined, show clearly the marked 

 differences of these charrs, while in the mono- 

 graphs, the details are discussed minutely. 



It is impossible to guard absolutely against cer- 

 tain differences of opinion which are apt to arise 

 among my readers and fellow-sportsmen. Fish 

 that are typical of the territory covered, have been 

 chosen for the purpose of illustrating, and it is ob- 

 viously impossible that such selection should be 

 made so that the coloration would appeal to every 

 rodsman as exactly correct, for this factor is de- 

 pendent upon many varying circumstances. This 

 is peculiarly true of such species, for instance, as 

 the trouts. 



If, in the hearts of those who read these pages, 

 I can re-awaken old, but never-to-be-forgotten 



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