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effort. Some great events, some angling crisis 

 there will have been during the day, to which his 

 thoughts will recur often involuntarily. Some 

 incidents will seem to have been photographed 

 upon his mind, so that he can recall clearly not 

 only the particular things done or seen, but his 

 own sensation at the time. What he thinks about 

 in the evening will not be only of angling, but 

 of the scenes in which he has spent the day. 

 I am often ashamed to think how much passes 

 unnoticed in the actual excitement of angling, 

 but the general impression of light and colour, 

 and surroundings is not lost ; some is noted at 

 the time, and some sinks into one's mind un- 

 consciously and is found there at the end of 

 the day, like a blessing given by great bounty 

 to one who was too careless at the time to 

 deserve it. May is the month of fresh leaves and 

 bright shrubs, but June is the month in which 

 the water meadows themselves are brightest. 

 The common yellow iris, ragged robin and 

 forget-me-not make rough damp places gay, 

 and the clear water in the little runnels amongst 

 the grass sparkle in the sun. Of wild shrubs 

 which flower in June, there are two so common 



