UP HERRING RUN 



rriHE habit of migrating is not confined to 

 JL birds. To some extent it is common to all 

 animals that have to move about for food, whe- 

 ther they live in the water or upon the land. 

 The warm south wind that sweeps northward in 

 successive waves of bluebirds and violets, of 

 warblers and buttercups, moves with a like magic 

 power over the sea. It touches the ocean with 

 the same soft hand that wakes the flowers and 

 brings the birds, and as these return to upland 

 and meadow, the waters stir and the rivers and 

 streams become alive with fish. Waves of stur- 

 geon, shad, and herring come in from unknown 

 regions of the ocean, and pass up toward the 

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