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useless ; the others bright-coloured, active and well- 

 conditioned. 



I cannot explain why this should have been 

 so, but that it was the case I can confidently 

 aver. 



In the other instance to which I have referred, 

 namely that of a small reservoir, the circumstances 

 are these. 



Fifteen or twenty years ago, the said reservoir was 

 constructed in the heart of the moors in Derbyshire. 

 It is on high land, about 900 feet above sea level, 

 and is fed, not only by the drainage from the moors, 

 but by a lovely little burn, which from its appearance 

 would seem to have been made by Providence 

 specially for the purpose of containing many merry 

 troutlets. 



The reservoir was stocked with trout carefully 

 selected on account of their suitability for existence 

 in water such as this. What has happened ? Why, 

 that every fish has disappeared. 



Fresh consignments have from time to time 

 been added, but always with the same result. In fact, 

 there is no fishing to be had in this reservoir, or in 

 one or two others adjacent, as they also have de- 

 veloped the same unsatisfactory peculiarities. More- 

 over, the very burn refuses to sustain the trout which 



