78 FISH HARVESTING. 
green, sides pinkish-yellow, belly white, profusely 
speckled over with minute black spots. 
This trout lives everywhere, and is to be met 
with in the lakes and rivers in Vancouver Island, 
in all streams flowing into Puget’s Sound, and 
away up the western sides of the Cascades. Cross- 
ing to the eastern side, and descending into the 
valley of the Columbia, again he puts in an ap- 
pearance. Climb the western slope of the Rocky 
Mountains up to the summit, 7,000 feet above the 
sea-level, there too he lives—always hungry and 
voracious. These trout are very delicious, vary- 
ing from eight ounces up to three pounds in 
weight. 
. My first exploit in fishing for trout may be 
worth relating :—I was sitting on the bank of a 
stream thatrippled gaily on its rocky course, down 
the western slope of the Rocky Mountains; and 
which, here and there lengthening out into a long 
stickle, and curling round a jutting rock, lazily 
idled by the grassy bank; anon leaping a sudden 
fall, and widening into a glassy pool. Butterflies 
gambolled and flitted recklessly ; dragonflies clad 
in brilliant armour waged cruel war on the lesser — 
forms of winged life, chasing them everywhere. 
The busy hum ofinsects, the air fragrant with the 
forest perfumes, the murmur of the water, and 
