AUTUMN TIDES 111 



is necessary to hatch the spawn ; also that shade and 

 a low temperature are indispensable. 



Our Northern November day itself is like spring 

 water. It is melted frost, dissolved snow. There 

 is a chill in it and an exhilaration also. The fore- 

 noon is all morning and the afternoon all evening. 

 The shadows seem to come forth and to revenge 

 themselves upon the day. The sunlight is diluted 

 with darkness. The colors fade from the landscape, 

 and only the sheen of the river lights up the gray 

 and brown distance. 



