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the main Tuolumne they are stopped by a fall 

 below Hetch-Hetchy, still lower than Yosemite. 

 Though these upper waters are inaccessible to 

 the fish, one would suppose their eggs might 

 have been planted there by some means. Mature 

 has so many ways of doing such things. In this 

 case she waited for the agency of man, and now 

 many of these hitherto fishless lakes and streams 

 are full of fine trout, stocked by individual enter- 

 prise, Walton clubs, etc., in great part under the 

 auspices of the United States Fish Commission. 

 A few trout carried into Hetch-Hetchy in a com- 

 mon water-bucket have multiplied wonderfully 

 fast. Lake Tenaya, at an elevation of over eight 

 thousand feet, was stocked eight years ago by 

 Mr. Murphy, who carried a few trout from Yo- 

 semite. Many of the small streams of the east- 

 ern slope have also been stocked with trout trans- 

 ported over the passes in tin cans on the backs 

 of mules. Soon, it would seem, all the streams 

 of the range will be enriched by these livery fish, 

 and will become the means of drawing thousands 

 of visitors into the mountains. Catching trout 

 with a bit of bent wire is a rather trivial business, 

 but fortunately people fish better than they know. 

 In most cases it is the man who is caught. 

 Trout-fishing regarded as bait for catching men, 

 for the saving of both body and soul, is impor- 

 tant, and deserves all the expense and care be- 

 stowed on it. 



