WOODLAND PATHS 



gathering wood for the fire and in other 

 matters. Then, picking the exactly most 

 favorable spot on the dam where the deep, 

 dark water shoulders the bank, he built 

 his fire after the full darkness had come. 

 In common with many others I regret the 

 passing of the old-time cedar rail fence. 

 Wire abominations may be cheaper, but 

 who ever heard of building a fishing fire 

 out of tariff-nurtured, wire-trust, fencing 

 material? Fishing fire material of the 

 proper sort is rare nowadays, and I can 

 but feel that the youth of the present gen- 

 eration are born to barren years. 



With the fire well alight and the deep 

 half-bushel basket placed handy by, the 

 fisherman would make his line fast to the 

 tip of that long, light, supple but strong 

 birch pole and cast the big bob far from 

 him with a generous splash into the water, 

 letting it sink till within a foot or two of 

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