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worms, one at a time, on the water so 

 that avc might see the trout jump for 

 them. "Is that your way of fishing?" 

 I inquired with pleased surprise. "No," 

 said he, "I really go fishing with rod 

 and line in that canoe." Then to me 

 and my daughter he explained his 



or food. These trout are far too valu- 

 able as friends. They often have a 

 little frolic with me." 



When we arrived at the house he 

 showed me a collection of blank books 

 made of heavy, deckel-edged paper. 

 The covers are of rich leather, which 



GIVING A LESSON IN PLAYING FISHING. 



commendable method. First he show- 

 ed me a new kind of fly — a barbless 

 one. This he attached to the line and 

 trailed it on the water. As there was 

 no barb in the fly, this kind of fishing 

 afforded more fun than any other that 

 I have ever seen, because one can catch 

 the same fish over and over again, with 

 pleasure to the fisherman and no harm 

 to the trout. It was as amusing as the 

 trailing of a bit of yarn to excite a 

 kitten. The photograph shows one of 

 these playful attempts by which a four- 

 teen inch trout is lifted above the 

 water." I seldom use the rod and line," 

 he said, "mostly I fish by the first 

 method, rarely take a fish her for sport 



he explained is pigskin — a good, ap- 

 propriate, country material, I thought. 

 One book is marked, "Animals of 

 Borgland"; another, "Birds of Borg- 

 land"; another, "Plants of Borgland"; 

 another, "Fishes of Borgland." At 

 first I supposed that the book on plants 

 was an herbarium for preserving speci- 

 mens of the plants found in that vicin- 

 ity, but to my surprise 1 learned that, 

 although Air. Borglum lives in the 

 midst of acres of plant growths, he 

 never picks one and never allows one 

 to be picked. Tn the book he and Mrs. 

 Borglum make drawings of the plants. 

 Then he invited me to visit the new 

 studio, about three-quarters of a mile 



