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in actual existence, and answer their purpose admirably ; but 

 I do not deny that the present-day methods of cultivating Sal- 

 monidaB, excellent as they undoubtedly are, remain open to 

 further improvement, and such improvement may occur even 

 as I write. 



I would encourage my readers from the first, and with this 

 object my first photographs are of an artificially-formed trout 

 lake,siituated at the Earl of Denbigh's Welsh home at Holywell, 

 North Wales. It is a splendid' sporting water, and is self-sup- 

 porting, i.e., there are spawning grounds in connection with it, 

 so that the fish may in season run up from the lake to the redds 

 in quite a natural manner. Yet where this lake now is once 



ran an insignificant brooklet that hdd only tiny troutlings. 

 After a simple manner the water has been dammed ba,ck to 

 form the lake and the redds have been made by forming a 

 succession of small pools and falls. The tiny troutlings no 

 longer exist, but in their place are some very fine brown 

 trout, S. Fario, which provide excellent sport for the proprie- 

 tor and his friends. It is not too much to say that there are 

 hundreds of similar brooklets in this country that co-uld 

 bd treated in a like successful manner. If only I can show 

 " how it is done," my object will be obtained. 



Fig. 1 is an imaginary plan of such a lake as that illustrated. 

 The shape of the banks render it only necessary to 1 dam back 

 the water at a most convenient spot c ; and, Presto ! the work 

 is half accomplished. It becomes necessary also, however, to 



