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somewhat larger than its fellows, and proved to be a 

 male fish, and was named 'Herr von Behr,' in honor 

 of my German friend. In October, 1886, when it was 

 three and a half years old, we took it from the pond and 

 placed it in an aquarium in the hatchery, which had a 

 good flow of running water, in order to show it to the 

 New York Fish Commissioners, who were expected 

 the next day. In the morning the fish was dead, and it 

 now reposes in alcohol, where its size can be admired 

 by visitors. Its weight was three and a half pounds 

 plump, or at any rate of one pound a year." 



Mr. A. D. Frye, of Bellrnore, Long Island, writes, 

 under date of March 27, 1887, as follows : "Two years 

 since I applied to you for some brown trout to stock a 

 public stream, called Newbridge Creek, at this place, 

 and you furnished them. I have by inquiry learned 

 that last summer some of these fish were taken which 

 .weighed three-quarters of a pound." According to 

 this, these fish could not have been more than one and 

 a half years old ; and from my experience I think that 

 the brown trout, as it is called in England, and which 

 is the common brook trout of Europe (Sahno fario) is 

 a quick-growing fish, which is destined to become a 

 favorite in America when it is thoroughly known. I 

 have taken this fish with a fly, and consider it one of 

 the gamiest in fact, the gamiest trout that I ever 

 handled with a rod. 



I believe that the brown trout will be found to be a 

 better fish, taking it all around, than our own native 

 fontinalis. The reasons for this belief are : ( I ) It is 

 of quicker growth; (2) it is gamier; (3) except in the 

 breeding season, when the males of fontinalis are bril- 

 liantly colored, it is fully as handsome; (4) from what 

 I can learn I incline to think it will bear water several 



