OUTDOORS 



slowly and easily. When he comes out bring 

 him right over the basket, if you can, and 

 snap him off in it. 



"Bull-head" fishing is great "family" 

 sport. Two or three families can go down 

 to an old bridge, where the stream is too 

 shallow to drown the children if they drop 

 in the water, and have solid enjoyment in this 

 way. The men can smoke, and the women 

 can gossip; the children can fish; and alto- 

 gether, for a quiet little time outdoors, the 

 pastime of fishing for " bull-heads " must not 

 be despised. And, so far as the fish are 

 concerned, there are no better " pan-fish " in 

 American waters. 



And supposing, as it sometimes happens, 

 that you do not catch any fish; it is pleas- 

 ant on an old bridge, as night throws off 

 every lingering vestige of day and rides the 

 heavens in sable splendor. There is a great 

 concourse of trailing night-winds that now 

 and again lift the rustling rushes and then 

 cease on a floor of tranquil waters. There is, 

 perhaps, the tremulous cry of an owl from 

 the woods and the sound of whispering 

 leaves. Always, if you will listen, there is 



