eee Loch Leven Trout 
very plentiful over the whole of the loch, and in August they feed 
much on perch fry, which 
then appear in the loch. 
About the middle of 
September trout that are 
to spawn begin to take less 
food, while the younger fish 
that are not to spawn feed 
July 1908. 
on until the cold weather 
comes, when they also begin 
to leave off feeding. 
Loch Leven being at an 
altitude of 350 feet above 
sea-level, is pretty cold, and 
in some cold seasons the 
trout are not in good con- 
dition= tl Ethessmuicddlemson 
May. June, however, is the 
month in which insect life 
is most prolific, and as a 
consequence the trout are 
then in perfect condition. 
Had= Woche even" “been 
nearer sea-level, the trout 
196. —Loch Leven Trout going back, } lb., same length as one 3 lbs. 
would have grown to a 
larger size,- “Their limit of 
Fic. 
size may be said to be about 
3 lbs. A few, no doubt, are 
caught 4 or 5 lbs., and one 
I Knows of swas 1eslbsee burt 

such are very rare, the great 
majority dying before they 
reach 3 lbs, being then from seven to eight years old. Many 
of those that reach 3 lbs. decrease in weight again, become long 
