VORACITY OF THE TROUT. 



eggs : one of sixteen pounds from 4000 to 5000 eggs ! A 

 trout of two pounds yields about 1000 eggs : one of twice 

 the size double the number. The milter increases in the 

 same proportion. A very beautiful provision is made by 

 Nature to rid the fish of the film of the ovarium, to which 

 the egg and the milt have been attached : an inflammatory 

 action sets in, when the small worm called the Ascarides 

 minor preys upon the part, and when the film is consumed 

 they in turn become ejected, and then the fish recovers its 

 wonted health and condition. 



As regards streams for trout and coarse fishing, I must 

 again remind my readers of the necessity of looking to the 

 levels of the same, in order to form the necessary deeps, 

 weirs, hides, submarine floats for artificial ripples, and all 

 proper protections against the nefarious arts of poachers. 

 Each ripple will form its own eddy, and as in each eddy 

 the coarse fish congregate they become an easy prey to 

 trout as voracious a fish as any that inhabits fresh water. 

 Some years back I saw a trout of twelve pounds weight, 

 which had been taken near Teddington by a gentleman, 

 and, on being embowelled for preservation as a curiosity, 

 no less than seventeen small dace were found in his maw, 

 which he had taken for his breakfast ; and he finally was 

 killed with a bleak as a bait. The dace were all whole, 

 showing how recently he had been at his destructive 

 work. 



