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a great number of trout, and can, therefore, 

 speak with a certainty, as to their time of 

 spawning. I have never known the brook trout, 

 even to commence making their spawning beds in 

 the month of September. In the early part of 

 October, a few only, commence spawning; by the 

 middle of the month, a majority are through, and 

 begin to leave the beds ; there will, however, be 

 trout running up for the purpose of spawning, 

 until in November, and I have spawned them, as 

 late as the twentieth of that month. 



Admitting the parent fish were on their 

 spawning beds, when taken by the Dr.'s servant, 

 it is no less a mystery to me, how he took them 

 with a hook ; with the little skill I possess, 

 as an angler, I never could induce a trout to 

 take any kind of bait, while engaged in spawning; 

 and the best anglers I have ever seen, tell me 

 the same ; . but perhaps, if we had sent our 

 servant, we might have got twenty, or more. 



But let us pass on. In the following 

 autumn, the Dr. returns from the academy, and 

 on the day of his return, is greeted with a 

 breakfast of the young fry. He says they were 

 not large, but well grown for their age, and 

 delicious. Gentle reader, do not call this a fish 

 story, for I will not, but I will say, if the lad 



