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snow banks, they are brawling and turbulent, 

 often so much so as to be unfit for fish life. 

 In their course through the mountain meadows 

 (very similar to the * Alp pastures ' of Switzer- 

 land) the streams are usually of gentle current, 

 with many windings and with occasional deep 

 holes beloved of trout. Lower down most of 

 them pass to the valleys through deep canons, 

 some of them very deep and with many rapids." 



With these facts before us, no surprise can 

 arise when we find in Colorado at least two 

 indigenous varietal forms of trout ; and when it 

 is noted that the land-locked salmon, the rain- 

 bow, and the Eastern red-spotted trouts (fonti- 

 nalis) have been introduced into the waters of 

 the state, the last two species named thriving 

 vigorously, we can readily appreciate the ardor 

 of pursuit and the increase of membership of 

 the craft of anglers in this trout-gifted state. 



The Colorado River trout grows to the ex- 

 ceptional weight of over nine pounds, several 

 specimens of that size having been caught by 

 Mr. Partello of the United States Army. The 

 average weight, however, will not reach more 

 than a pound, their size depending upon the 

 area of the water from which they are taken. 



