2O FISH: THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



of occupation, thought, and mode of life; 

 and nothing affords this so well as a trip to 

 the woods When exhausted physically, one 

 may not be equal to a hunting trip ; but he 

 can endure the light task of fishing, while 

 to succeed in this requires sufficient thought 

 to keep his mind from drifting away to home 

 cares, and the exercise in the open air pro- 

 vokes an appetite that is astonishing. It has 

 been said that man degenerates without fre- 

 quent communion with nature. It certainly 

 is true that this communion increases his 

 reverence for and his appreciation of the 

 beautiful in nature. 



To one making his first trip how delight- 

 fully new and strange all seems ! After 

 completing your journey to the stream, or 

 point of departure, you are probably .met at 

 the landing by your guide, who, after shaking 

 hands and answering a few questions about 

 the possible sport and the parties already 

 in the woods, begins to arrange the things, 



