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of the Sea-trout " there is, I think, nothing better than 

 G. Herbert Nail's book, while the name of Henry Lamond 

 stands out conspicuously as the author of a book con- 

 cerning the sea-trout. Should, however, your bookseller 

 have difficulty in obtaining for you copies of the books 

 to which I have referred, an advertisement in Angling, 

 the Fishing Gazette or other similar publication which 

 caters for the angler might prove effective. There is 

 always the possibility of someone possessing a book which 

 he no longer requires, but there is small hope of a collector 

 parting with his treasures. To-day, the hobby of making 

 a collection of works on angling is greater than it ever 

 was, and many fishermen are the proud owners of rare 

 and valuable old editions, in addition to the numerous 

 modern volumes on nearly every aspect of angling. In 

 fact, literature devoted to fishing seems to be as popular 

 as is the sport. 



If your quest for a book on the life of the sea-trout is 

 not fulfilled, perhaps a few brief notes here on the life 

 history of the fish may be opportune. 



The ways of the sea-trout are very similar to those of 

 the salmon. The chief difference in the respective 

 habits of the two fish is that the salmon, on leaving the 

 rivers for the sea, travel far away, perhaps hundreds of 

 miles into the ocean, while the sea-trout on reaching 

 salt-water are content to travel up and down the estuary, 

 without making a journey of any real distance out to sea. 



Sea-trout, like the salmon, return to the waters in 

 which they were hatched, and the spawning methods of 

 both species are practically identical. On reaching the 

 redds, the hen fish selects a favoured place on the gravelly 

 bed and lays her eggs, the cock fish cruising in close 

 attendance ready to milt the deposited eggs. 



One remarkable difference between the salmon and the 

 sea-trout is that the former is computed not to be capable 



