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With his appliances arranged as first indicated above : 

 In dead water of a swift stream : 



A brook trout of Ib. 10 oz. pulled 16 oz. 



" " 8 " " 5 " 



u " 6 " <c 9 " 



cc 1 " 1 " " 2 Ib. 4 " 



This last result, as well as the first in the preceding 

 table, is so far in excess of any in my own experiments, 

 that I mistrust an inadvertent error in the transcription 

 of the figures. 

 In pond fishing : 



A brook trout of 12 oz. pulled 14 oz. 

 " 9 " " 8 " 



" 18 " " 20 " 



In rapid current : 



A brook trout of 1 Ib. 9 oz. pulled 2 Ib. 



" 2 " 2 " " 2 " 12 oz. 



3 " o " " 4 " 4 " 



" " 12 " " 1 " 4 " 



Q A II U e <( ft " 



In " comparatively still water " : 



A brook trout of 3 Ib. 4 oz. pulled 4 Ib. 8 oz. 



The gentleman whose figures I have borrowed states 

 that he met the same difficulty that I did in that the 

 index of his spring-balance was never at rest for a mo- 



