12 A FISHERMAN'S PARADISE 



obliged me to give him line again and again, and 

 finally being netted only after a combat of at least 

 fifteen minutes. A number of Canadian red trout, 

 S. aureolus, have been planted here, but I have taken 

 only one, about twelve inches long, very slender, the 

 back olive brown, sides flushed with pink and the 

 whole lower parts intensely crimson and scarlet, most 

 beautiful to see and very strong and active. In sev- 

 eral small lakes nearby the ouananiche has been in- 

 troduced, and I was fortunate enough to take two of 

 these of about two pounds each, the only time these 

 fish have ever come to me. They were much like the 

 grilse taken in Newfoundland, though more slender, 

 with larger eyes, fins and dark spots, but the way 

 they leap, rush and make sideways dashes, so that the 

 line throws up water like a sword blade, is a revela- 

 tion. As the trout is to ordinary fish so is the ouan- 

 aniche to the trout. 



North from the first club house extends a tract, 

 approximately eight miles by twenty-five, in which 

 the fishing and shooting is exclusively controlled by 

 the Club. This abounds in lakes, from a hundred 

 yards to fifteen miles long, connected by brooks and 

 rivers of all sizes and speeds, all swarming with 

 trout, the big fish as usual preferring the big water 

 when they can get to it. The country is imperfectly 

 mapped and every now and then new lakes are found, 

 sometimes containing trout and sometimes not. If 

 there are no trout, the finder will catch a few from 

 the nearest supply, carry them over the trail and 



