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does not possess this larvae, but most waters con- 

 taining trout do so. It is, at any rate, well to 

 search for them if the iish are known to be plenty 

 and are not biting at the worm. 



I have caught trout with other lures odder than 

 these. Once up in the wilds of New Brunswick, 

 Canada, whilst camping with a friend on the 

 Magaguadavic River (pronounced Magadavick), 

 our guide surprised us by thus commenting on 

 the big one and two pound trout we were frying 

 for supper : " These trout ain't no use f er eating ; 

 I'd sooner hev corned beef," — we thought them 

 (and they were) most palatable, — "but I'll take 

 yer to-morrow where the trout ain't larger than 

 herrings, and black as yer hat, and they won't take 

 nuthin' but bits of chubs fer bait.'"' I stared at 

 Davis incredulously ; but he was serious, and on 

 the morrow it proved as he had said. The water 

 where they lived proved to be a sluggish, almost 

 dead little slough, or " sloo," running out of a 

 swamp thick with moss and decaying vegetation, 

 and the water was of India-ink blackness (of a 

 deep rich brown black), and we used just such 

 tackle as I have been describing, baited with 

 pieces of chub, or even pieces of their brothers 



