THE TROUT: THE ANGLER'S 

 PRIDE 



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HE brook trout, or char, with the Passing of the 



beautiful and suggestive name of 



Salvelinus fontinalis, by which it is known 

 to the naturalist, is fast disappearing from 

 its native streams. The altered conditions 

 of its aboriginal environment, owing to 

 changes brought about by the progress of 

 civilization, have resulted in its total extinc- 

 tion in some waters and a sad diminution 

 in others. In many instances the trout 

 brooks of our childhood will know them 

 no more. The lumberman has gotten in 

 his work the forests have disappeared 

 the tiny brooks have vanished. 



The lower waters still remain, but are 

 robbed of their pristine pureness by the 

 contamination due to various manufactur- 

 ing industries. In such streams the supply 



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