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to see him again, when, to my astonishment, he rose 

 just like a salmon and took my fly. When I had 

 hooked him he ran out my line just like a fish. I 

 played him from twenty minutes to half-an-hour, 

 during which time he went twice out of the water 

 on to the opposite bank. He then came across the 

 river and landed on some logs of wood that were 

 near the side. I held tight on to him, and to my 

 disappointment the hook broke in the middle of the. 

 bend, and I lost him. 



" (Signed) ARCHIBALD GRANT, 



" Gamekeeper. 

 "GLENGARRY, April 2nd, 1851." 



CURIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF A TROUT AT HOPETOWN 



HOUSE. 



In a letter from my son, September 5th, 1876, 

 he relates a rather curious freak of a trout, and no 

 one seems to be able to account for it. He says 



" At the Deer Park Pond I saw a trout, of about 

 a pound and a half, sailing about close to the side. I 

 tried him with a fly for a long time, but he would 

 not take ; so I gave him a prod with the top of my 

 rod, upon which he turned round and came straight at 

 the top of my rod ; as he turned round to go away 

 again I repeated the prod, and again he turned, came 



