CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Spectral Apparition May-fly fishing in 

 the Lugg A Sunday Afternoon stroll by 

 the River Good Sport A Lovely Day 

 A Contrast A Fit of the Spleen A 

 Terrible Day Baby in the Cellar Taps 

 of three Beer Barrels turned on A 

 Disaster. 



X. AMONG THE RAINBOWS 86 



Mr. Roberts's fish breeding establish- 

 ment A nice basket of Rainbows 

 STAICK HOUSE Picturesque and An- 

 tique ' ' Eikon Basilike " The T wa 

 Dogs, Ravachol and Czolgosz Dr. John 

 Brown's " Horae Subsecivae " Rab and 

 the Highway Robber On the Corve. 



XI. "A LITTLE BROTHER TO THE BEAR" . 97 



Mooweesuk the Coon A tremendous 

 Fight The Kingfishers' Kindergarten. 



XII. THE FISH AND THE RING AND OTHER 



SCRAPS FOR CHRISTMAS 106 



XIII. How HIAWATHA SLEW THE " KING OF 



FISHES" 117 



He builds his birch bark Canoe 

 Launches it on the Gitche Gumee " big 

 sea water " The Sturgeon swallows both 

 Canoe and Hiawatha But that is not the 

 end of him ! 



XIV. OUR HOLIDAY IN NORTH WALES . . . 125 



Rhyl Coach Excursions Abergele 

 Llanfairtalhairarn Birthplace (reputed) 

 of H. M. Stanley" The Cross Foxes " 

 Cathedral of St. Asaph Colwyn Bay 

 The Marble Church Fishing. 



