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side flower should be treated so as to 

 protect it from rude hands." The ac- 

 companying illustration shows the 

 manner in which my camera has kept 

 a souvenir of this famous sculptor in 

 the act of hiding a beautiful natural 

 object from the public, in order to 

 protect it from the ruthless, ignorant, 

 devastating attentions, of a part of that 

 public. 



After the flower had been covered, 

 we retraced our steps through the ra- 

 vine to a beautiful lake. "Here," he 

 said, "is where I go fishing." Imagine 

 what a shock to me was the word 

 "fishing" coming from a man that had 

 so tenderly protected a flower. "What !" 

 I exclaimed, "You don't mean to say 

 you catch fish for sport !" "Oh, no," 

 he said laughingly. "I do not catch 

 them ; I only play with them." 



"Hey, O Bill, Bill, bring me some 

 worms, will you ; I want to show this 

 naturalist the modern way to fish." 

 Bill, alert, ran for a fork and soon came 

 with one or two other men with their 

 hands full of worms. Then Mr. Bor- 

 glum entertained us by throwing the 



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PLAYING WITH A TROUT, WITH A RARBLESS "FLY." 



