REASONING PROCESS IN FISH 



going down the drain into the little bit of open water 

 beyond cannot be guided in the same way. Some 

 of them, small doubt, reaching the obstacle, turn 

 back and go up the drain into the ditch from 

 which they ventured. Only now and then one, 

 wiser and more foolish than his fellows, leaps 

 on to the wire netting, which he cannot see, and 

 perishes miserably there. 



Cow Parsnips 



The tangled footways and deep-rutted lanes of 

 England are never better than in early July. Their 

 green, if past its freshest, is still at the full, and 

 there are a few weeks to run before the hedger sets 

 to work in earnest. Sweet-briar and dog-rose, elder- 

 flower and cow-parsnip, each is complete in blossom, 

 and the hemlock with those sinister spotted stems is 

 thrusting its way to the forefront in the chaos of 

 plant competition. Many soft green things have 

 had the start of cow-parsnip in this hard struggle, 

 but none can rob it of its ample share of sun and 

 air. There is a dim footway through the hollow 

 where the cow-parsnips, for a hundred yards on 

 either side, are now a really noble wild-flower sight 

 viewed from a little eminence just above them 

 where the way widens, to become by-and-by a farm 

 lane. 



The place is an avenue of cow-parsnips. Brush- 

 ing past them, a tall man can barely touch, without 

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