JUNE 133 



native home of a race of trout such as 

 are to be found nowhere else. 



The fish are a puzzle to all who study 

 them. Look at one in broad daylight 

 just after it is out of the landing-net. 

 Save that it is peculiarly well shaped and 

 notably bright, it seems to be an ordinary 

 brown-trout. Look at a basketful of the 

 fish displayed on a lawn in the evening, 

 and the earlier impression is instantly in 

 doubt. The fish have a silvery hue ; 

 this actually seems to be luminous ; it 

 changes, as shot silk does, while you 

 move and see it in various lights. These 

 fish must be seatrout ! Certain natural- 

 ists believe that they are. The theory 

 is that long ago the lake was an arm 

 of the sea, and that seatrout which 

 happened to be in it at the time were 

 landlocked by a seismic upheaval separat- 

 ing the fresh or brackish water from the 

 salt. There are two considerations which 

 tell against this surmise. One of them 

 is that, whilst seatrout in general remain 

 in good condition well into October, 



