RIVER PRESERVING AND RIVER POACHING 79 



I have mentioned these two cases in order to 

 show that, even when the would-be trout preserver 

 has settled whence he will procure the fish wherewith 

 to stock his river or lake, his difficulties are by no 

 means over. 



Doubtless the ordinary Salmo fario will exist and 

 do fairly well in most streams which present, even to 

 an uninitiated eye, a ( fishy ' appearance ; though I 

 have quoted one glaring exception to this rule. But 

 whether they will do more than moderately well is 

 another question altogether. 



On this point namely, what should be done to a 

 river which it is intended should be made into a trout- 

 bearing stream much might be said ; in fact, a great 

 deal more than is convenient for this book. But I 

 may venture on a few suggestions. 



Supposing that the river to be taken in hand is 

 one possessing ordinary trout- carry ing capabilities 

 by which I mean that it has a fair share of gravelly 

 runs as well as deep water, and is not one of which 

 the bed is composed entirely of deep muddy deposit 

 then the affair is comparatively easy. It will probably 

 be advisable to remove a certain amount of mud 

 from the river bed in various places, so as to provide 

 deep lengths and holes in which the larger fish may 

 flourish. This, however, should be done with due 



