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find ample store of food in their inland habitat an 

 important piece of evidence for ichthyologists, who 

 for long have been inclining to the conclusion that 

 salmon are naturally indigenous to fresh water, owning 

 a common ancestry with brook trout, and only acquired 

 a migratory habit from a craving for marine diet when 

 inland waters failed to afford enough food to support 

 them. 



XXIX 



The second issue of the Fish, Game, and Forestry 

 Commissioners of the State of New York is Fish and 

 like unto the first in abundance of excellent 

 reading. 



*When the sail-boat is running across the wind at the 

 maximum of her speed, the sensation experienced by the 

 strike of a four or five pound fish bankrupts all description. 

 . . . The pleasure is largely concentrated in the strike (and 

 in the angler, I fancy) and the perception of a big fish 'fast.' 

 The watchfulness and labour involved in the subsequent 

 struggle border closely on the confines of pain. Brother of 

 the sleeve-silk and tinsel, when at last you gaze upon your 

 captive lying asphyxiated on the surface a synthesis of 

 qualities that makes a perfect fish when you disengage him 

 from the meshes of the net, and place his icy figure in your 

 outstretched palms, and watch the tropaeolin glow of his 

 awakening loves (please don't ask me to interpret this fine 

 passage) soften into cream tints, and the cream tints pale into 

 the pearl of moonstone you will experience a peculiar thrill 

 that the capture neither of ouananiche nor fontinalis nor 

 namaycush can ever excite.' 



