FONTINALIS 



f erent parts of the country meet and 

 compare notes, the first step must be to 

 settle upon a meaning for the terms 

 employed. How embarrassing then for 

 the sportsman, familiar with the proper 

 application of these names beyond seas, 

 who finds charr called "trout," salmon- 

 trout ' ' salmon, ' ' bison ' ' buffalo, ' ' wapiti 

 "elk," and ruffed grouse "partridge"! 



The North American brook trout does 

 not seem to have prospered in European 

 waters, and more the pity, as he is a 

 beautiful fish and a game one. The 

 writer may be unfair to the brown trout, 

 but he ventures the opinion that fon- 

 tinalis takes the fly better, fights harder, 

 is more resourceful, and must be given 

 preference on the table. Many in- 

 stances come to mind of fish that played 

 for half an hour or longer, and fully 

 occupied the angler's attention for every 

 moment of the time. 



Upon the difficult questions of growth 

 and maturity some guesses may be 

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