88 TROUT CULTURE. 



ADDENDA. 



Just as when letting out an old friend at the lodge 

 gate one or other last thought crops up, so it is in 

 finishing a book, whether large or small, the brain 

 feels overcome by a sense of fear lest something or 

 other may have slipped the memory. Therefore, in 

 as few words as possible, a few matters are touched 

 on here, the more firmly to impress them on the 

 reader's mind. 



Get a trustworthy, thoughtful assistant, one who will 

 faithfully carry out what he has to do, whether under 

 the eye of his employer or not. Such characters are 

 rare, and have to be sought for ; when found, every 

 possible inducement should be given to cause them to 

 stay. Such a man is generally a " character " in one 

 sense of the word, and any harmless idiosyncrasy 

 should be carefully humoured nay, fostered ; for a 

 man of originality of thought will generally prove ready 

 at expedients when most wanted, and in a fishery, of 

 all other places, contretemps are most likely to occur 

 without notice. 



Get everything ready before it is wanted and season 

 it well before use, so as to avoid doing anything in a 

 hurry. 



Use only ripe eggs and milt and carry out the "dry" 

 method as directed ; you are then sure of success. 



Never give sour or tainted food ; a little starvation 

 is the lesser evil of the two. 



Look carefully at all screens, gratings, and other 

 sources of loss, and keep a good heap of sound clay 



