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You will see here, and it is fair to make the supposition, that 
(in my very humble and limited experience) the iridius grows 
sturdier, heavier, and faster in every way than his companion, 
our native brook trout, on exactly the same food, and giving them 
the same waters. The rainbow is a cleverer fish as far as grow- 
that is, it is true of these waters in New Hamp- 

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shire; I do not know about other men’s experience ; but with me 
these fish were of exactly the same size; they were little fellows, 
probably fingerlings, all of them, and I think the rainbows were 
even smaller than the supply I obtained in my brook of the brook 
trout. ‘The latter were more even in size. The rainbows varied 
—there were some small ones and some big ones, and I know that 
there are rainbows in my ponds today that are very much larger 
than these specimens, for I have fed them and seen them, but I 
was not clever enough to catch them. As you will see, the largest 
one of these specimens is the rainbow. 
That, gentlemen, is about all I have to say of the brief obser- 
vation that I have been able to give to this subject. Of course 
you will understand that while I wish for your sake there was 
more of scientific deduction or something of worth in my re- 
marks on my work, yet it represents perhaps one phase of fish 
culture that you do not look at, to a person like myself who has 
taken it up, not only because he is interested, call it a fad if he 
will, but because it represents recreation, and it represents to 
me another important factor. You gentlemen who are fish cul- 
turists have not time and perhaps have not quite measures to try 
certain experiments that I might be able to do for you. You 
cannot use your ponds as I can. They are business ponds. They 
have their mission, you are asked to do certain things with them; 
while nobody controls my pond except me. 
If a knotty problem comes up at any time where you want to 
try a certain experiment then I propose to have Lake Kolelemook 
and its addenda placed at your disposal each and every time that 
anything arises that I can help you solve, if you feel that you 
can leave it in my hands. Such is the desire and such is the 
intention of this little set of ponds whose photographs you see 
today. 
Now perhaps I have gained the name of being very enthusi- 
astic, but, gentlemen, there is one other side of this question that 
