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lence poured into one's ears by sympathising 

 friends. They keep inquiring whether a great 

 proportion of the trout have not been carried 

 down by the force of the flood to neighbouring 

 waters, and generally indulge in so continuous 

 a chorus of condolence, mingled with Cassandra- 

 like predictions of disaster, that at length 

 one inclines to believe that there must be 

 some stable foundation for this alarm. It is, 

 perhaps, well, once and for all, to analyse and 

 expose the fallacies underlying such irrational 

 panic. 



The elementary scientific principle of flowing Force of 

 water is that, however great the force of the floods. 

 stream may be on the surface, it decreases with 

 each inch below the surface, and thus even in 

 the case of the most turbulent torrent the water 

 at a comparatively small depth flows only at a 

 moderate pace. A fish like a trout, passing its 

 life in the water, and being at various times and 

 under varying conditions exposed to the full 

 pace of a rapid stream, has found out the 

 practical outcome of this scientific theory. 

 Why should he be carried down nolens volens 

 by the flow of water ? Like " Brer Fox," of 

 historic fame, he simply " lies low." In fact, 

 during the heaviest flood imaginable there is 

 never so strong a stream that a trout can 

 neither stem it nor dodge it. Watch one 



