BEOWN WATEES 



ium, while not affected by the loudest 

 noise, are disturbed and alarmed by a 

 mere tap on the glass. 



Association with men who catch fish 

 for a living, without any great particu- 

 larity as to the means, introduces one to 

 the dodges of the poacher, the deadly 

 " otter" and the manner of its use, the 

 nefarious "devil," how to sink the fly 

 and what to sink it with, the virtues of 

 a well-adjusted fin, the way to guddle a 

 trout or land him without a net, how to 

 discover whether big fish are present 

 that will not show themselves for the fly. 

 There is a certain bait that no trout can 

 resist for a moment, that must fill a bas- 

 ket when every other allurement fails. 

 It is, but I think that perhaps it would 

 be going just a little too far to tell. I 

 don't use it, and as an honest man, 

 neither would you. The information is 

 then of no practical value, unless yon 

 are in need of yet another temptation, 

 that your moral fibre may be strength- 

 ened by resisting it. 



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