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brethren, although I believe they are the same fish. For 

 the correctness of these views, reference can be made to 

 the experience of many authorities that would be satis- 

 factory to one that I esteem and respect as much as I 

 do my excellent friend and brother of the angle, Mr, 

 Perley. While mentioning his name, it will not be 

 amiss to tender him, in the name of the fishermen of the 

 United States, our thanks and grateful acknowledgments 

 for the invariable kindness, courtesy and good humor 

 with which he has answered the numerous questions 

 entailed upon him by his mention in Frank Forrester's 

 " Fish and Fishing," and the valuable aid and advice he 

 has furnished the wanderers from the States in their 

 search for piscatorial happiness. Combining as he does 

 the heartiness of an Englishman with the sociability of 

 our own country, we are proud to claim him, while 

 he remains in our vicinity, as half an American. But 

 let me, at the same time, suggest to my countrymen, 

 that there is a limit even to the best of tempers, and 

 that, although each one may only put a few questions 

 and take up a little valuable time, the total combined 

 may be annoying, inconvenient, and even excessively 

 burdensome. 



In addition to the positive fact of taking sea trout 

 above tide water, it is to be remarked as a habit of all 

 trout to ascend in summer to the cool sources of the 

 springy brooks, and our common trout will invariably 

 be found, after the warm weather is at its height, either 

 in the rivulets that feed the ponds where they dwell in 

 winter, or at the head-waters of the ponds. The sun's 

 rays are so powerful that they affect any sheet of open 



