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office, the cost varying according to the style of fishing for which 



it is taken out. Moreover, it is essential to take note of the various 



close seasons. 



Thanks to the action of the Belgian Government, the salmon 



is reappearing in the Meuse and its tributaries. Certainly it is not 



vet very plentiful, but there is always the hope of 



J ^ ^ Salmon. 



coming across one when trout fishing, since, in these 

 waters at any rate, the two species take much the same baits. Salmon 

 parr are taken in numbers in the Ambleve and also in the Ourthe, the 

 local bait beino- a red earthworm. 



In like manner, the serious efforts of the Government, and par- 

 ticularly of the Department of Streams and Forests, have averted the 



total extermination of the trout. Trout fishino- is now 



"^ Trout, 



forbidden during fixed periods of considerable duration, 



so that the fish is now showing up again in waters that it had 



forsaken, and is once more abundant in those in which its numbers had 



dwindled. The trout occurs only in the system of the Meuse, 



particularly in those tributaries that drain the provinces of Liege, 



Namur and Luxemburg. 



The rainbow trout, of American origin, thrives in the cold waters 

 of the Ardennes, and even in the ponds of La Hulpe, Rainbow 

 Court St. Etienne, Groenendael. It is an exceedingly Trout. 

 voracious and sporting fish, and is taken weighing as much as 

 5 kilogrammes.* 



Among the very considerable number of coarse fish to be found 

 in Belgian waters, mention may be made of eight. The barbel 



* i.e. over 10 lbs. 



