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TROUT LIVES TWENTY YEARS IN WELL The death has occurred in the south of Scotland of a I tout which lor twenty years had aarrived in a well. The fish was caught ill an adjoining irream -the River Eran, a trihajtarj of the Annan. mar Moffat, anil was placed in a well formed in a burn adjacent to a remote rallwaj signal box, a t.u miles aarth of Beattock. on the Catedoniaa main line. The signalinan who at lie- lime was in charge ol the cabin took a lively interest in the fish, a- also did arioiis entitle driven ami other wiikTs on thai section of the line, when iatervala permitted of their vbitiao the •"aquarium." with its s,,|iiai ociiipant. The trout gradually beeaaae njaite tame and docile, and was accustomed to *Wim boldly to the eilee of the Well to receive tit hits in in visitors in the firm of worms or insects siiiiable to its appetite.
