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cle by C. Stein upon " Fontinalis in Scotland." The 

 fish described by Mr. Stein were from ova obtained 

 from Seth Green in 1879, and were transferred, after 

 hatching, to a series of tarns, which have no connec- 

 tion with the sea, and on the south of the island of 

 Mull. The average weight of the fish was said to be 

 from one-half pound to a pound, though several were 

 two and three pounds each, and one of seven pounds 

 weight had been taken. And of their appearance tlie 

 author says : " But the greatest delight to the angler 

 is the extreme beauty of the fish when they first come 

 out of the water. !N"ever have we seen such gorgeous 

 and brilliant coloring in any finny creature, except 

 perhaps in some of the quaint tropical varieties from 

 the Caribbean Sea, which are shown to the traveller 

 by negro fishermen in Jamaica. No purely British 

 fish can boast the hues which deck the fontinalis.''^ 



After this just and glowing tribute to the handsome 

 livery of the American brook -trout I was scarcely 

 prepared for the following attack upon his game qual- 

 ities : " He seldom rises to the surface to suck down 

 the artificial lure, though he rises to feed on the nat- 

 ural fly like other fish. No. However temptingly 

 and deftly the cast may be made over him, he gener- 

 ally waits till the fly sinks below water before he de- 

 cides to open his mouth, and then he does so quietly 

 and without any fuss, so much so, in fact, that in many 

 instances the angler does not know that he has at- 

 tracted a fish's attention until he i§ withdrawing his 

 line for another cast." How are the mighty fallen 

 if the above extract speaks truly of the deterioration 

 ot fontinalis in the land of the heather ! Every Amer- 



