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cast a line. But let none of our readers be tempted 

 to drop them into his basket, instead of throwing them 

 back into the water. A friendly individual will by- 

 and-by come up to him, and, after a sensible remark or 

 two about the weather and the water, will ask what 

 sport he has had, and peep into his creel. The Philis- 

 tines are upon thee ! and thou art liable to a fine. 

 Avoid the places, therefore, where smolts are numerous 

 (they generally congregate in the shallow streams) 

 or fish with worm, minnow, or creeper. The salmon- 

 smolt has blackish fins, and the bull-trout smolt, which, 

 singularly enough, is considerably larger, has bright 

 orange fins, and both may be readily recognised by 

 the ignoramus, by the greenish- olive shade on the back 

 and the bright loose scales that stick to hands, clothes, 

 rod, or whatever else they come in contact with, and 

 thus guide the knowing bailiff. 



