BROWN WATEES 



home supply fails. A page of writing 

 would not convey this knowledge. Every 

 student must discover for himself just 

 what the stones that form the roof of a 

 worm's house look like. They are gen- 

 erally so big that one can barely move 

 them, and you have to be pretty nippy 

 when your stone is overturned, for the 

 beasts love to deny you as much of them- 

 selves as they can, fairly dashing into 

 their tunnels and getting a purchase 

 there with heads or tails, and nothing 

 can be more annoying than to lose the 

 half of a good worm. 



There was a sunshiny day on a larger 

 stream when the water lay cool and dark 

 under the apron of a dam, and you 

 found that a lad could insinuate himself 

 behind the flow at the expense of a brief 

 shower-bath. Among the trout lying 

 there in the shadow was a veritable half- 

 pounder, who showed the craftiness of 

 his years in stripping the hook three 

 times before you had him fast. This 

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