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account, and are able to maintain their own progeny. But I 

 am convinced from observation that the trout of small brooks, 

 such as e.g. Bisham Brook, which joins the Thames near 

 Marlow Point ; the nameless runnel which feeds New Loch 

 pool above Harleyford, and the beautiful little trout-beck from 

 Hambleton which flows in at Mill End often grow too large 

 for their quarters in summer, and drop back to the fuller waters 

 and larger dietary of the Thames. In any case, such brooks 

 furnish a ready supply of fish for turning out ; and the most 

 sanguine of preservers will hardly expect to see the grand old 

 river over-stocked with trout. 



H. R. FRANCIS. 



