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quarters inches in length, nine inches around, and weighed, 

 by iroou hones! scales, one and three-quarters pounds. But 

 that \vhich went out of the beautiful form, as it lay i^asp 

 in; on (lie sod, was I he better part of him. 



"Did 1 stop tishimj; then V" Such is the heart, of man, 

 I did not, The lar^e Hies continued to take only the lar^e 

 trout, and \vhen they ceased to allure, the small flies 

 brought out sinalli r tislr. There \vas some savage work. 

 One frayed leader with its trailing Hies yielded to the tuii 

 of a mate to my lirst lari;e trout. Another bii;- -mouthed, 

 Bharp-toothed fellow cut the snell of a salmon lly, like a 

 knife blade. Sometimes defective hooking, over confidence, 

 or eagerness cost me what 1 thought was a t\\o pounder. 

 But there had been enough uood fortune for the da\, and 

 gleeful excitement enough in those two hours to last for a 

 ami In furnish pleasant recollections for a. life time. 

 Finally the trout family went to bed. I said u<od niuht to 

 the auain quiet pool, and \\ e lloated on down the river. 



I reeled in my line, put away my Hies and tin jointed my 

 trusty i-od; for there \\ere no more worlds to conquer with 

 that weajion, and if there were, I wanted day li.uht for the 

 business. 



