FRIENDSHIP IN ANIMALS 83 



Hall a visitor from London, who bcinpj a keen angler 

 got up very early in the morning and went to the lake 

 to try and get a trout for breakfast. About eight 

 o'clock he returned and finding his hostess down proudly 

 exhibited to her a magnificent trout he had caught. He 

 had not looked for such a big one, and he would never 

 forget catching this particular trout for another reason. 

 A wonderful thing had happened when he hcKjked it. 

 One of the swans was there on the water, and followed 

 the fish up when it was hooked, and when he drew it 

 to land the swan came out and dashed at and attacked 

 him with the greatest fury. He had a good deal of 

 trouble to beat her off! "Oil, what a pity!" cried the 

 lady. "You have killed the poor swan's friend!" 



From that time the swan was more unhappy than ever ; 

 the sight of it became positively painful to my com- 

 passionate friends, and by-and-by hearing of an acquaint- 

 ance in another part of the country who wanted a swan 

 they sent it to him. 



