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out in our lakes and streams, not one in a thousand has 

 been recaptured, and the rest have mysteriously dis- 

 appeared. Probably they would succeed well enough 

 in our larger and deeper lakes, some of which, like 

 Windermere and Ullswater, Loch Grannoch in Gallo- 

 way, and a few of the Welsh and Highland waters, 

 already contain kindred species of char. To the enter- 

 prising and successful Society which has undertaken the 

 development of the angling resources of Loch Lomond, 

 the fontinalis might be commended with some confid- 

 ence that it would thrive exceedingly in the profound 

 abyss of that inland sea. 



Space is wanting to touch upon all the attractive 

 subjects in this delightful volume. Besides fish, papers 

 are devoted to deer, ruffed grouse, woodcock, and other 

 game, and statistics are given showing how the stock of 

 these valuable and interesting animals has stood the 

 annual inroads of trippers and freeshooters of all 

 kinds, and suggesting further precautions for their 

 preservation. Forestry, also, has its part in the labours 

 of the Commission, though it is confessed that the 

 present State law, which totally proscribes the use of 

 the axe in its preserves, greatly interferes with the right 

 development of its woodlands. 



In short, it is long since I have come across a better 

 guinea's worth of reading on matters piscatorial and 

 venatic than in this publication. The illustrations 

 alone are worth the money. 



