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entries of the capture of trout of eight 

 pounds weight. I have seen two fish said 

 to have been taken in that region many 

 years ago. Mounted they are respec- 

 tively twenty-eight, and twenty-seven 

 and a quarter inches in length, and six 

 and a half, and six inches in depth. The 

 weights are given as twelve, and ten and 

 three-quarter pounds, but it is difficult 

 to believe that the larger of the two ex- 

 ceeded nine pounds when caught. If it 

 did, there has been an extraordinary 

 shrinkage, and experience shows that in 

 the process of mounting the tendency is 

 for skins to gain in length and lose in 

 breadth. Making allowance on the basis 

 of other observations, the original di- 

 mensions of the first fish would be, 

 approximately, twenty-six and a half by 

 seven and a half inches, a size which 

 appears to indicate a weight a little in 

 excess of eight pounds. The scales and 

 markings of these fish suggested the 

 idea that they were a cross between the 



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