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or momentarily Hit across 

 some narrow space, or with 

 a fliirht like a flyino--fish's 

 in the water, suddenly 

 appear on the surface of 

 the reeds, skim their level 

 tops, and as suddenly drop 

 down out of siofht a<>"ain. 

 They come to England 

 too-ether, and tOQ-ether seek 

 the same haunts. The 

 only way to make them 

 betray themselves is by 

 throwinof somethinij amons' 

 the reeds, when each of 

 them will at once protest, 

 sometimes scoldino- like a 



THE REED MUSICIANS 



