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weighed five pounds ; Number Three, 

 three pounds and three-quarters. 



When the carriage came to take us 



back to H for the night, I peered 



over the waterfall, and saw three other 

 trout exactly like those the capture of 

 which had left our host in a state of 

 high exultation. I think that the 

 place they occupied is a favourite in 

 summer simply because it is there that 

 aerated water plashes into the pond. 



I have stated a belief that when a 

 trout has chosen a position in the stream 

 he stays there ; but that, of course, is 

 only during the three months or so when 

 the season is at its height. Before that 

 period, in early spring, the fish un- 

 doubtedly move ; but they move in a 

 regular way. During the winter they 

 have been up the tributaries, or in the 

 shallows of the higher reaches of the main 

 stream, spawning. After that they drop 

 down and rest awhile in the slowly- 

 moving deeps. Late in March they 

 begin to appear in the rapids. By the 



