118 In Pursuit of the Trout 



ledge and observation were as a few drops in 

 a trout-stream compared with Mr. Andrews'. 

 Either as a pisciculturist or an angler, Mr. 

 Andrews thought trout, spoke trout, wrote 

 trout, and caught trout at all seasons of the 

 year. I could wish that he had left some 

 notes to hereafter supply the naturalist with 

 material wherewith to write a really accurate 

 life-history of the trout ; it is the zeal and 

 unwearied observation of men like the late 

 owner of Crichmere that make scientific 

 natural history possible. In a way he was 

 the Gilbert White of the fishino; world. 

 Now and again the sporting instinct would 

 predominate with Mr. Andrews, and at such 

 times he must fish somewhere, even in his 

 own ponds. In one of these ponds were, 

 and are, a score of show fish not averaging 

 under six pounds apiece. Here, on more 

 than one occasion, the pisciculturist turned 

 angler, and had a set-to with one of his own 

 pets, which rose at a big sedge or alder fly. 



My mind to-day is still full of memories 

 of our wanderings at Crichmere, and my 



