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an immense size. And the exceedingly low tempera- 

 ture of the water in these high latitudes induces them 

 to remain longer during the season near the surface 

 on the lookout for insect life, and thus insure a more 

 prolonged period of fly-fishing than can be had in 

 more southern waters. These are some of the attrac- 

 tions that the Canadian brook-trout has for American 

 anglers. The late Dr. Lundy as long ago as 1880 

 wrote that " old Adirondack anglers now go to Can- 

 ada for the better fishing of its preserved streams"; 

 and as late as January, 1895, no less patriotic an 

 American and noted authority upon matters pisca- 

 torial than Mr. A. IS". Cheney wrote in Forest and 

 Stream: "A few days ago I lunched at a club in 

 Albany, and afterwards talked fish and fishing with 

 friends over our cigars, and I was surprised to hear a 

 gentleman whose interests are largely in the Adiron- 

 dacks say that the fishing in the North Woods was 

 good enough for those who liked that kind of fishing, 

 but now, when he went for the very best of fishing, 

 he went to Canada." In view of such unimpeachable 

 American testimony, I may well be acquitted of any 

 undue preference in the course of the present work for 

 the trout and ouananiche fishing of northern Canada. 

 It often occurs to me while feasting my eyes upon 

 the glories of a freshly killed fontinalis that few of us, 

 whether Canadian or American anglers, appreciate at 

 its full value the splendor of this incomparable North 

 American fish, " than which," very aptly remarks Mr. 

 Kit Clarke, " God never created a more beautiful ob- 

 ject." I was strikingly reminded of this while read- 

 ing in Elackwood's Magazine for August, 1893, an arti- 



