SCHLEGEL] FISHING IN WINTER 115 



enough. Later, when fishing, it proved quite adequate; the 

 large net would have been awkward in the samll dimensions of 

 the pool, while the strainer scooped up everything there was about. 



The Salamanders 



Before this I set up the scoop-net in the snow beside the pool, 

 left my snowshoes too because they always are picturesque, and 

 made the study so you may see the character and setting of this — 

 sketch. 



The "fishing" proved even more interesting than expected, for, 

 besides the species already noted, the "net" brought up many 

 forms of pond-life, water-bearr., larvae and microscopic forms so 

 interesting to examine, and finally a frog, a nice green frog. It 

 kicked in protest and I returned it to the pool. Here in this tiny 

 stretch of water measuring ten feet in diameter and about two 

 feet in depth, all of these creatures were living their lives as 

 merrily as in summer. They could prowl in the muddy depths, 

 or seek shelter beneath the long fringes of meadow grass which 

 had fallen over its banks when nipped by frost, or hide under the 

 plants growing in the pool all unmindful that outside the tempera- 

 tiu-e might be zero or less and, if removed they would be frozen 

 instantly. Thus Nature has still her way with them. 



Their transportation was a problem and knowing that, I worked 

 rapidly to collect what specimens were necessary yet not to 

 exhaust the supply (the pool being fairly well stocked). Upon 

 the return the bottle was carried in the pocket of my coat while 



