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cated than English trout, they would rise to any kind of fly. In 

 the southern Caucasus Lake Goktcha abounds with a species of 

 Sa/jiw fcrox, and I cannot, in this connection, do better than refer 

 my readers to Dr. Radde's interesting- volume on the Caucasian 

 Salinoniics. The Ural and Altai mountain streams contain a great 

 number of grayling, which sometimes grow to a weight of four or five 

 pounds. I have fished in both places, and have found that any 

 fiy will serve the purpose. In Kamschatka salmon are plentiful, 

 and come up the streams in thousands in spring ; but fishtrmen 

 are scarce in those countries. Bears are the only piscivorous animals 

 that profit by the abundance. 



