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lake. Only, at least two of these con- 

 ditions are modified on the stream. I 

 allude to the temperatm-e and the wind. 

 Flowing water, naturally, is of the same 

 temperature all through ; and, tumbling 

 over a fall here and there, it is frequently 

 aerated, which in some measure neutralises 

 the excess of noxious vapours with which 

 the atnaosphere is now and then charged. 

 For those reasons, sport is less markedly 

 inconstant on rivers than it is on lakes. 

 If on a murky day dire results were cer- 

 tain to flow from failure in the attempt to 

 bring home a brace or two, I should 

 certainly prefer a stream. 



On the other hand, the lake has an 

 attractiveness of its own. At many 

 places on most rivers you can actually see 

 the trout you may possibly raise. This is 

 true even of the Thames, concerning 

 which, now and then, we read in Tlie 

 Times that a very fine trout has taken up 

 his quarters at Sunbury, or at Datchet, 

 or elsewhere, just as if he were some 

 great lady entered into residence at her 



