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corned this introduction of cheap and nourish- 

 ing food, and his active and lanky frame and 

 occasionally protruding lower jaw show that 

 he has been engaged in snapping it up ever 

 since. 



From the point of view of a preserver of 

 salmon, trout are undeniably vermin. The 

 havoc wrought by them in the spawning 

 season is great, and the toll they levy on the 

 parr is unending. They are fairly numerous 

 in all parts of this river, but especially in the 

 smooth stretch above Second Fos. If one 

 trolls up that piece of water on a breezy day, 

 one is pretty sure to get a dozen fish, averag- 

 ing nearly a pound. The largest I have seen 

 weighed 3 lb., and took a salmon fly in the 

 pool below Alvaer Fos. It is curious that in 

 some pools they will come at the salmon fly 

 much more often than in others, and a great 

 nuisance they are. This is particularly the 

 case in Aamot's Pool; and many a time I 

 have felt a " pull," and given the " moderate 

 stroak " which old Franck enjoins, only to 

 find to my disgust that I must haul out a 

 thin unlovely 2-lb. trout. In the stomach of 

 such a fish, weighing, to be accurate, If lb., 



