The Grayling 



the sunlight sparkling like a gem and glit- 

 tering like a crystal ! 



Ah ! what a happy contrast to the gloomy 

 cell and breviary it must have been to those 

 rigid and frigid celibates to view the ever- 

 changing tints and the reflected glory of the 

 " lady of the streams " after she had co- 

 quettishly responded to their lures ! 



But let us return from the musty ages of The Warning 

 the past, and the hoary fathers those wise 

 conservators of their beloved fish to the 

 present day, with the sad vanishing of the 

 Michigan grayling as a solemn warning. 

 Let us, then, guard and preserve this beau- 

 tiful creature that has come down to us 

 through the centuries, hallowed by the jeal- 

 ous care of the good fathers of yore, so 

 that the toiler in these stirring times may, 

 if he will, forsake the busy marts, the office 

 or workshop, for a period, be it ever so 

 brief, and journey even a thousand miles to 

 enjoy as the monks of old the catching 

 of a grayling. 



