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tinge; the rest were toned in olive-green on the 

 back. 



Sometimes a large trout will make his home on 

 some bit of water that is connected with the main 

 stream, or in the stream itself. One weighing four 

 or five pounds is not so very rare in certain districts. 

 If a rustic discovers such a one in a stream, he keeps 

 the knowledge of it to himself; if two know of it, 

 they generally agree " to save him for somebody as 

 wants him," and they share the proceeds. When 

 once a large trout has made his hover in a stream, it 

 takes a great deal to move him. He may be seen and 

 fished for, too ; but that is a long way off getting him. 



One day a well-dressed man visited a certain 

 hamlet, carrying the newest of fly-rods ; he intended 

 to fish for trout. Could any one give him informa- 

 tion as to the best place for his day's sport ? As he 

 asked for it at the bar of the small inn of the hamlet, 

 the information was soon forthcoming. One of the 

 customers there told him he knew where there was a 

 big one, and no mistake ; he could show it to him, 

 and then all he had to do was to catch it. The bait 

 took. After a generous " liquor up " and the tip of 

 a shilling, away they started. He saw the fish, and 



