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Show HAVE ONLY ALLOTTED SPAN Death of Trout, Although at Advanced.! Age, Disproves Theory Which Seems Absurd. An ancient controversy has been revived re-vived by t lie published story of the death in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, of a trout which for 20 years had survived sur-vived in & well. The fish was caught in on adjoining stream the River Evan, a tributary of the Annan, near Moffat, and was placed in a well formed in a burn adjacent ad-jacent to a remote r--,'lway signal box, a few miles orth of Benttoek, on the Caledonian main line. The signalman who At the time was in charge of the cabin took a lively interest in the fish, as did also various engine drivers and other railway workers on that, section of the line, wliep intervals permitted of their visiting the "aquarium." with its solitary occupant. The trout gradually grad-ually became quite tame and docile, and was accustomed to swim boldly to the edge of the well to receive titbits tit-bits from visitors in the form of worms , or insects suitable to its appetite. It is still argued Iriy some authorities that unless some accident befalls him. a trout lives on indefinitely. Opponents of that theory find support sup-port in the account of the death of the Scotch trout for their opinion that nli fish, even the members of the princely salmon or trout class, have their appointed ap-pointed span of life. |