LAC EMMURAILLE 



trifle over four pounds. In length and 

 girth there was a remarkable uniformity: 

 all within a fraction of twenty and thirteen 

 inches. 



Never a small trout was seen, and this 

 calls for remark. The fish must spawn, 

 (one female with well-developed roe was 

 taken) but either the eggs have no chance 

 to mature because the small and shallow 

 spawning-beds freeze, or the fry can find 

 no place of refuge. While this is hard 

 upon the rising generation, it leaves the 

 fisherman able to control the head of fish 

 that the water is to carry. Lakes which 

 provide ample food, but deny multiplica- 

 tion of the species, are very particularly 

 worth the angler's attention. 



We have seen that three years gave the 

 deported trout of 1914 a twelve-fold in- 

 crease in weight, for, if any of the 1913 

 batch survived, it is incredible that our 

 catch was confined to these; the alterations 

 in appearance and in disposition were no 

 less remarkable than the growth. At two 

 removes from the river, the Emmuraille 

 fish were so unlike their eager, starveling 

 parents in colour, shape, flesh and habits, 

 that anyone not sure of the fact would cer- 

 tainly have denied the ancestry. Almost 

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