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application needed takes the thoughts away from 

 other things, and the bodily exercise brings back 

 health to the weary body, which in this hurry- 

 ing a g e has no time to rest. The only rest 

 got now-a-days is a change of occupation. Not 

 only does the act of fishing tend to health, but 

 the pure air breathed from the fertile fields is 

 the best medicine the sedentary town man can 

 have. Trout fishing is in a sense free that is, 

 it is not protected by law. Some proprietors 

 watch their rivers, the excuse being that anglers 

 disturb the game and the game birds nesting. 

 A little closer examination of the subject will 

 reveal another side to the question : that there 

 is a big trade done in the artificial rearing of 

 trout, almost if not quite as large as the hatch- 

 ing and rearing of pheasants and the providing 

 of bagged foxes for sport to my lords and ladies. 

 Private ponds, lochs, and lakes are stocked with 

 the fry, and very fine sport is often enjoyed 

 in the waters where the fry have thriven and 

 have not been devoured by the the older natives. 



