138 A TASTE OF MAINE BIRCH. 



was towed to the shore and opened ; and after we had 

 feasted our eyes upon the superb spectacle, every 

 trout, twelve or fifteen in number, some of them two- 

 pounders, was allowed to swim back into the lake. 

 They went leisurely, in couples and in trios, and were 

 soon kicking up their heels in their old haunts. I ex- 

 pect that the divinity who presides over Moxie will 

 see to it that every one of those trout, doubled in 

 weight, come to our basket in the future. 



