and the Maritime Provinces. 



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" Not so bad, Judge " said I, as you will admit when he is boiled." 



" I never relished one," he replied, " except in a chowder, and almost 

 any kind of fish will go in that." 



" What luck have you had " ? asked the Doctor. 



" Nothing but a few sea trout ; I rose a small salmon in the second 

 pool once, but he refused to come again ; the water is very low and bright." 



Dinner was soon ready and we did it full justice. After the meal was 

 disposed of we stretched ourselves upon the dry pine needles in the grove 

 behind our camp, and lighting our pipes we entered upon the discussion 

 of fish and game, which always seems inevitable in the woods. 



" The trout in this lake are always fat and of good flavor," said the 

 Judge. " It is astonishing what a difference there is in the table qualities 

 of trout in different waters." 



" Yes," said I, " but it does not always depend on the food supply. 

 I have taken trout in ponds in Prince Edward island which were actually 

 unpalatable ; they tasted muddy or boggy, and the flesh was almost white ; 

 they had a good supply of food, for the water was full of insect life and 

 minnows, and other small fish were abundant, but for some reason the trout 

 lacked fat and the proper flavor." 



" Yet it is upon an abundance of food that the epicurean qualities of 

 the trout generally depend," added the Doctor. " A half-starved trout will 

 not take on fat, and without fat the fish has no flavor." 



" True," said the Judge, " and it is upon the abundance of food that 

 the quick growth of the fish also depends. I never believed that the great 



Photo, by E. A. Sa 



'Tittle Mountain Brook Trout." 



