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brethren, altliough I believe they are the same fish. For 
the correctness of these views, reference can be made to 
the experience of many authorities that would be satis- 
factory to one that I esteem and respect. as much as I 
do my excellent friend and brother of the angle, Mr. 
Perley. While mentioning his name, it will not be 
amiss to tender him, in the name of the fishermen of the 
United States, our thanks and grateful acknowledgments 
for the invariable kindness, courtesy and good humor 
with which he has answered the numerous questions 
entailed upon him by his mention in Frank Forrester's 
" Fish and Fishing," and the valuable aid and advice he 
has furnished the wanderers from the States in their 
search for piscatorial happiness. Combining as he does 
the heartiness of an Englishman with the sociability of 
our own country, we are proud to claim him, while 
he remains in our vicinity, as half an American. But 
let me, at the same time, suggest to my countrymen, 
that there is a limit even to tlie best of tempers, and 
that, although each one may only put a few questions 
and take up a little valuable time, the total combined 
may be annoy iug, inconvenient, and even excessively 
burdensome. 
In addition to the positive fact of taking sea trout 
above tide water, it is to be remarked as a habit of all 
trout to ascend in summer to the cool sources of the 
springy brooks, and our common trout will invariably 
be found, after the warm weather is at its height, either 
in the rivulets that feed the ponds where they dwell in 
winter, or at the head-waters of the ponds. The sun's 
rays are so pow^erful that they affect any sheet of open 
