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caught a trout of about fourteen inches long. He 

 was much out of condition, with a large head and 

 lean body. I therefore, having cut a mark in his tail 

 fin, threw him as far as I could into the water again. 

 In two or three days after this, I caught him again, 

 and threw him in as before his tail was already 

 marked. In two days after this, I caught him again, 

 and in ten minutes after, on the same day, I caught 

 him again. After catching him the fourth time, I 

 took him up to the house (named Berbice) where I 

 was then living, in my bait tin, and he was for some 

 weeks in a cistern with my baits. 



" Not only is the voracity of this fish curious, but 

 the fact of catching him each time under the same 

 stone, after having thrown him with all my might 

 as far as I could into the water each time I caught 

 him, is hardly to be credited." 



I may just remark in addition to the extract from 

 my diary, that on no occasion was this trout thrown 

 in nearer to the stone he was caught under, which 

 was a large stone in the foundation of a wall, than 

 from ten to fifteen yards, except the last time, when 

 I sent my man, who carried my gaff, &c., to throw 

 him into the foaming falls, feeling sure that no one 

 would ever come across him again. When I caught 



