APPENDIX. 



NATtrUAL FOOD OE TEd»TJT. 



The following, by Mr. Francis Francis, on the natural 

 food of Irout in ponds, lakes, and streams, offers some valu- 

 able suggestions to those who have preserved waters : — 



" Theve is not an insect or small reptile that inhabits the 

 soil beneath us, the air above us, or the waters around us, 

 that is not. food for fishes in a greater or less degree. 

 Worms of all kinds, flies of all kinds, grubs and larvae 

 of all kinds, cockchafers, crickets, leeches, snails, humble- 

 bees, young bird^, mice, rats, frogs, beetles,, all serve the 

 turn of ' one fish or another, and so in turn help to produce 

 food for inan. Black beetle^; for example, often looked on 

 as a nuisance in houses, are caviare to the trout; and I 

 have seen two or three trout devour a panful of them with 

 the greatest avidity. , Nay, I have seen a wary old six- 

 pound stream trout, that had been tempted with every con- 

 ceivable variety of bait, succumb to the temptation of a 

 black beetle. Small frogs, just emerged from tadpoleism, 

 they rejoice in exceedingly; and I have even seen tjiem 

 take young toads,' though some 3o repudiate the taste on 

 the trout's part. Nothing living comes amiss, but doubt- 

 less some kinds of food agree with them far better than 

 others. But we know very little on this branch of the 



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