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ster's skill as often as the summer rolls by, in 

 many of the outlets of large lakes, where the 

 monsters, which have sought secluded depths dur- 

 ing the July and August heat, repair early in 

 September to seek out the gravelly stretches of the 

 rippling water's river-bed, whereon to gratify the 

 burning instinct of procreation. The Ouiatch- 

 ouan, which is the outlet of Lake Bouchette, and 

 the Jeanotte, which carries off the waters of Lake 

 Edward, afford the observer excellent illustrations 

 of the autumnal habits and spawning operations 

 of some of the largest specimens of the speckled 

 trout known to exist in their native haunts. It 

 would be interesting to pursue this subject at 

 greater length, but memory interposes the re- 

 minder that this book is intended to be something 

 more than a treatise on the brook trout. 



The flies that are most successful in the trout 

 waters of Eastern Canada are the Parmachenee 

 belle, the professor, the grizzly king, Jock Scott, 

 silver doctor, brown hackle, queen of the water, 

 claret, fairy, and coachman. There are many 

 others, of course, with which I have had good 

 success, but I have mentioned my favorites in 

 what I sincerely believe to be their general order 

 of merit, though, of course, some localities call for 

 a different arrangement of the list. The Parma- 



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