AUTUMN TIDES 



solute purity of water is necessary to hatch 

 the spawn ; also that shade and a low tem- 

 perature are indispensable. 



Our Northern November day itself is like 

 spring water. It is melted frost, dissolved 

 snow. There is a chill in it and an exhila- 

 ration also. The forenoon is all mornin^^ 

 and the afternoon all evening. The shadows 

 seem to come forth and to revenge them- 

 selves upon the day. The sunlight is diluted 

 with darkness. The colors fade from the 

 landscape, and only the sheen of the river 

 lights up the gray and brown distance. 



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