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not sufficiently visible, by attending to the posi- 

 tion of the banks. At roots of trees, or in places 

 where the froth collects, and in little whirlpools, 

 as G, and eddies, trout will often be found. All 

 such places are by far the most favorable for 

 sport; for insects follow the same course as the 

 bubbles, etc., and are there sought by the fish. 

 They never frequent sandy shoals as at 7. It will 

 be most often found the larger trout are on the 

 scours or shallows, as at D, in the night, chasing 

 minnows and other small fish. The greatest num- 

 ber of large-size trout gather together behind one 

 another just below a swift rapid, as at H. In the 

 day they are cautiously watching for food in deep 

 holes, under hollow banks, or roots of trees or in 

 the angles of rocks, as E. In May and June, when 

 fish are lusty and plump, they are also to be found 

 in the more rapid parts of the water, as F. 

 These remarks, although not strictly applicable 

 to the trout of every stream, will be found useful 

 for such streams as the Esopus, Neversink, Wil- 

 lowemoc, and Beaverkill, in the State of New 

 York. This plan has been adapted to our use from 

 one given in Ronalds's Fly-Fisher s Entomology^ 

 which specially refers to the English trout, Sahno 

 fanio, the same species as our own brown trout. 



