THANKWORD 



The author of this monograph takes pleasure in 

 acknowledging his indebtedness to Dr. WiUiam C. 

 Kendall of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, who 

 has critically revised its pages in the light of researches 

 made by him in many regions — to the Boston Society 

 of Natural History for a number of the fish figures — 

 and to Walter H. Rich of Portland, Maine, for the 

 color schemes of the blue back and Dublin Pond trouts. 



And he owes the inspiration, if inspiration it be, 

 that prompted the thought and feeling in what suc- 

 ceeds to a coterie of congenial spirits, whilom readers 

 with him of the books in the running brooks, now wait- 

 ing his coming on the farther shore of the river we 

 cross but once. 



