SEA TROUT FISHING 181 



such as these are the times when it is possible 

 to feel so ; to know the full joy of animal life 

 to desire nothing beyond. There are times when 

 I have stood still for joy of it all, on my way 

 through the wild freedom of a Highland moor, 

 and felt the wind, and looked upon the mountains 

 and water and light and sky, till I felt conscious 

 only of the strength of a mighty current of life, 

 which swept away all consciousness of self, and 

 made me a part of all that I beheld. 



