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trout-fishing it was necessary to shun the haunts 

 of man. And with the increase of hotels, and 

 of tourists to be fed, the trout were netted 

 and " ottered " till in some waters they were 

 well-nigh exterminated. Happily for the tourist 

 angler who does not wish to rough it, this is 

 now bringing its own cure. The innkeepers 

 finding in the trout fisher a mine worth work- 

 ing, are taking up lakes and preserving them 

 for fly-fishing only, making a regular charge for 

 the right of fishing and the use of boats. This 

 is sensible and business-like, but the old romance 

 is dead. 



In the tidal water here we frequently kill 

 small brown trout. Probably they have been 

 washed over the fall, and it has not occurred 

 to them to use the ladder to return. They do 

 not seem to grow to any size there. In some 

 rivers very large brown trout haunt the brackish 

 water at the mouth, and I have killed fairly 

 good brown trout at the foot of a sheer fall 

 falling direct into a fjord. In the tidal water 

 below the fall at the mouth of that fine Irish 

 river, the Erne, enormous brown trout are killed. 

 They are said to live chiefly on the elvers which 

 ascend to the river in the summer months. 



