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he will make. He will find that no 

 water which is unconnected with another 

 has trout exactly the same as those of 

 any other. The fish in each lake have 

 some marked individuality. This may 

 be in colour, in shape, in size, in manner 

 of rising, or in the vigour with which 

 they endeavour to win free. The 

 Loch Ordie trout, for example, turns on 

 its back before seizing a fly, just as a 

 shark turns when about to take its prey ; 

 this is an action I have never witnessed 

 in any other water. Then, for further 

 example, there is the problem presented 

 by the internal colouring of fish. Some 

 trout are red when they appear on the 

 table, and some are so pallid to be almost 

 white. It is generally supposed that the 

 red trout are those which have had the 

 richer fare, and that the others also 

 would be red had they not been always 

 on the verge of hunger. This theory, 

 which nobody seems to question, is not 

 convincing when we contemplate the 

 phenomena to be explained. Within a 



