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were all that was required. I have heard that dust- 

 men object to finding triangles among the household 

 ashes, and I do not know what to do with the debris 

 that will ensue when I have a few weeks to devote to 

 those boxes. I once asked a very famous and re- 

 sourceful angler what he did about it. " My dear 

 fellow," he said, with an air of great mystery, " I will 

 tell you. I collect it all in a box, and then go for 

 an ocean voyage ; three days out from port I drop it 

 overboard." An ocean voyage ! I have only one thing 

 to add : After all the trouble I have taken and the 

 sufferings I have borne I hope not ill I am now 

 returned to town without having caught a single pike. 

 Caradoc did not catch one either, and I fear he is 

 quite pleased about it, because he prophesied. He 

 takes a gloomy joy out of being right. 



