ocean. Also, the fish I just then had 

 seen flying above the bushes, did not 

 have the extended wing-like fins of the 

 orthodox flyer. This fish was a trout. 

 I had seen enough of them to feel sure 

 of that. True, I had seen trout jump 

 out of the water, for a fly or to get up 

 over a waterfall ; but I never before saw 

 a trout climb fifteen or twenty feet into 

 the air, over the tops of bushes and 

 young trees and land on the bank. 



This was surely a matter that requir- 

 ed explanation. An investigation was 

 necessary, and without hesitation I as- 

 sumed the role of sleuth. Carefully step- 

 ping out of the water, I sat on a rock 

 and took off my wading togs, then on 

 stockinged feet and on hands and knees 

 crept up the bank. Peering through the 

 bushes, I saw that since my last visit 

 a large birch tree had fallen across the 

 pool and that the trunk of this tree was 

 partly submerged. Sitting on this fallen 



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