o are crawling about the lawn by hundreds, 

 big, firm-bodied fellows, just right for trout 

 fishing. They stay on the surface most of 

 t h e night; and that is why the early bird 

 catches the worm, instead of digging him 

 out, as the sleepy fellows must do. Mid- 

 night is the best time to go out with your 

 lantern and get all the bait you want with- 

 out trouble or worry. That is also the time 

 when you are most likely to find Whitoo- 

 week at the same occupation. Last summer 

 I flushed two woodcock from my neighbor's 

 lawn in the late evening ; and hardly a sum- 

 mer goes by that you do not read with won- 

 der of their being found within the limits 

 of a great city like New York, whither they 

 have come from a distance by night to hunt 

 the rich lawns over. For the same fare of 

 earthworms they visit the gardens as well; 

 and often in a locality where no woodcock 

 are supposed to exist you will find, under 

 the cabbage leaves, or in the cool shade of 

 the thick corn-field, the round holes where 

 Whitooweek has been probing the soft earth 

 for grubs and worms while you slept. 



