THE WING-FOOTED 



Shining Ones, who only make holiday in 

 the air and sunshine when summoned to 

 the surface of the water by the manna 

 which the skies afford. No figure of 

 speech this, or at any rate none of mine. 

 The May-flies which swarm in such 

 countless numbers that the fish grow fat 

 on them, are here called les mannes, and 

 M. Sylva Clapin supplies me with the 

 meaning of the word. The conditions 

 which are favourable to the birth of the 

 black-fly, sand-fly, horse-fly and mosqui- 

 to, govern the coming of the May-fly as 

 well, and it is sadly the fact that he who 

 would pursue the gamest and most beau- 

 tiful of the charrs must make up his 

 mind to face the fourth plague of 

 Pharaoh. 



The present moment is as good as 

 another to explain the alternative title 

 to this paper. Wise men are arrayed in 

 two camps as to the proper name of the 

 fish we are seeking, some declaring for 

 salvelinus nitidus, and some for salve- 

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