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CHAPTER VIII. 



STREAM CLEANING. 



IT very often happens that a stream will have 

 every element of suitability about it, but be so 

 choked up by weeds and mud that, at first sight, 

 it would be thought the last place to grow trout 

 in. By dint, however, of the free use of mud- 

 scoop and broom, it may, with hard work, be 

 brought into order. The mud-scoop should be 

 hemispherical, not merely a shovel, with a long 

 handle, and the broom should be of whalebone. 

 This material, though at first expensive, will 

 answer in careful hands for a long time, and 

 will give a " finish " to the bed of the stream 

 which amply repays first cost. The scoop 

 should be used as long as a fair amount is 

 fetched out, then the broom is plied down 



