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good trout was not exactly what you 

 could call bad for such a day ; but he 

 said this grudgingly. Obviously he 

 thought that we should have done 

 better notwithstanding the snow and the 

 Lochaber wind. The loch, he mentioned, 

 was not often fished ; but when it was 

 he was there as a rule, and 17 lb., or even 

 more, was a usual result. The water is 

 one of the many lochs on the domain of 

 Lord Breadalbane. Periodically he stocks 

 it with Lochlevens. A few years ago 

 rainbow trout were put in ; but none 

 of these is ever caught. It is thought, 

 James said, that they have all gone down 

 the stream which runs from the loch into 

 the Braan. That is probably the explana- 

 tion. The latest conjecture about the 

 rainbows is that they are young Steel- 

 head salmon, which are native to certain 

 waters in America. If that be so, we 

 can understand why they seek the sea, 

 though not why in this country they 

 never reappear in the fresh water. Many 

 practical students of fishculture consider 



