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backwards to a stream that runs through the country 

 of "Auld Lang Syne," and fills his creel with the 

 recollections of a boy and a rod. This delightful 

 chapter is devoted mostly to his boyish exploits 

 in the Catskills, the Adirondachs, and the Green 

 Mountains, in the midst of which he lived and 

 moved, and had his summer holidays ; it tells how he 

 caught his first trout, " longer than a new lead pencil," 

 and another of less tremendous dimensions ; how he 

 met, and fell in love with, and adored the beautiful 

 Annie V. ; how that wonderful brace of trout was 

 cooked for breakfast next morning ; how he saw " the 

 adored of his soul " sitting at the other end of the room 

 and faring "on the common food of mortals !" and 

 shall she not feast on his dainties ? The waiter is sent 

 for a hot plate, on which the largest trout is placed, and 

 sent to the lovely Miss Annie V. , and how his heart 

 went pit-a-pat the while, repenting his rashness, doubt- 

 ing whether she would deign to accept his chivalrous 

 offering or not. She seems to accept rather indiffer- 

 ently he thinks, and his heart sinks within him ; but 

 for an instant the corner of her eye catches the boy's 

 sidelong glance, she nods perceptibly, and he is happy. 

 Time passed, and all-day pic-nics gave place to a 

 two weeks' camping trip, and wanderings with his 

 father (now promoted to the title of " Governor "), 

 amid many wild and rugged scenes in the Adiron- 

 dachs and elsewhere bring us to the end of the 

 chapter. 



The next chapter is called " Ampersand," and gives 

 a pleasant account of wanderings up and down this 

 mountain, which stands in the heart of the Adirondach 



