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broke the pinion of the eagle, and actually se- 

 cured the spoiler and his victim, for he found ihe 

 salmon dying in his grasp. 



Wild Sports of the West. 



THE TROUT 



Is a noble and generous fish, and affords the 

 angler a superior kind of sport, being what is 

 termed a game fish. 



Trout delight in foaming streams occasioned 

 by waterfalls, or in rapid eddies, and mill-dams, 

 where other fish are not generally found. In 

 such situations you see them even leaping out of 

 the water, and sporting about ; thus it may truly 

 be said to " delight in troubled water." Their 

 food is gained from the air, as well as from their 

 native element ; at one time they are taken by 

 imitating the fly that hovers over the surface, and 

 at another, by sinking the worm or grub to the 

 depth below. Trout are naturally voracious. 



Editor. 



The favourite haunts in which the trout de- 

 lights, are the junction of two streams, tails of 



