BBOWN WATEES 



son of little ingenuity if you cannot 

 fasten the whole black crime upon his 

 little soul. 



But there are times, in the heat of the 

 day, when a boy is invited to link to- 

 gether the morning and the evening 

 rises, and very early hours when his 

 elders unaccountably fail to carry out 

 the overnight programme of "up at 

 four," and leave him free of the lake. 

 Then the old ram's horn hurtled out a 

 fly to port and starboard which might 

 deceive a few unsuspicious trout. Little 

 green dog-eared note-books record in an 

 unformed hand catches of a dozen here, 

 a dozen there, with remarks as to wind 

 and weather, height of water, stage of 

 the moon and flies that found favour. 

 The yellow pages give crude plans of 

 lakes, with crosses to mark the good, and 

 double crosses the very good places. 



Now and then, and doubtless as often 

 as deserved, someone who was once a 

 boy himself and remembered how it felt 

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