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1,000,000 2 years, J lb. each 87,500 



1 " 3oz " 30,000 



The worth of all the trout at the end of 4 years $542,500 



Deduct the price of growing ■ ■ ■ • 47,100 



Total profit $495,400 



But if the profit is too large to please, we will say that 

 the trout are worth but one shilling a pound ; and where is 

 there a disciple of Sir Isaak in America, who would not be 

 glad of the chance for such high sport, through the means 

 of his fly, and pay his shilling per pound for all he caught ? 

 Yes, sir, the anglers of the country would soon take out aU 

 the trout in the ponds at that lay. A pound trout at the end 

 of a 100-foot line and a ten foot fly-rod, rushing through the 

 water with an almost lightning speed, first this way, then 

 that, bending the rod nearly double with his power, and spin- 

 ning the reel as he runs out the line to its full length, showing 

 his broad, beautiful sides- — now here, now there, now diving 

 deep down in his crystal element, leaping out of the water 

 in this and that direction — requiring a steady hand and great 

 skill to bring him to land ; even now, about to pick him up, 

 he makes another powerful struggle fof life, and is away 

 again, with the velocity of thought, but this time soon yield- 

 ing to a superior power — the well-practiced hand of his cap- 

 tor — and now lies motionless on the water, with his mouth 

 extended, his glistening sides turning about in the water as 

 he is exultihgly reeled to land, soon to be placed in the de- 

 lighted angler's basket. One shilling per pound for such a 

 trout ! Every trout fisherman wiU tell you that his trout 'cost 

 him nearer one dollar per pound, let him go where he will 

 for them, besides hardships innumerable when going into a 

 dense wilderness. At one shilling per pound, they would 

 give the nice little sum of $224,150. But suppose, again, 

 there could be but one-half .of the number raised in the 

 largest sized ponds, and the expense of growing them would 

 be equal to the first calculation ; still this would give a profit 



