WILD PASTURES 



you should put it three feet from your 

 hook, for you will wish to " sink " that 

 deep. Wind a wee bit of lead about 

 your line an inch above the hook, then 

 pull out your bait box and select a fat 

 angle-worm. Break him in two in the 

 middle and string him on the hook so 

 that the point is just inside the tip of 

 his nose. Now you are ready for what 

 adventure may lurk under the bubbly 

 foam of the surface. 



A willow and a maple lean together in 

 loving embrace over the entrance to the 

 deep pool. Above, their arms stretch 

 toward one another and intertwine; be- 

 low, their roots meet under water and 

 sway down stream, forming a slippery 

 steep down which the amber yellow 

 water, singing a happy little song to it- 

 self, coasts into the amber black depths 

 of the pool. Black alders stand cool- 

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