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is now the academic head of the kind of menagerie 

 I am speaking about. In his case the severity of 

 the usual scholarly manner is toned down by a 

 liking for the sport of angling. In the days of his 

 youth he pursued with boyish ardour the quest of 

 all those little living things known as aquatic 

 insects. I set him up as a kind of example. 

 When " Bob's " apprentices were living their wild 

 free days of foraging, by beck and dyke, he was 

 always to be seen on more definite business bent, 

 with some kind of net and case in his hands. 

 Occasionally, however, it was a fishing net and 

 pannier. It is this latter human touch which makes 

 both men and boys " wondrous kind." 



Nowadays I often climb to the top of a big 

 University building to ferret him out. In some of 

 his particularly local cases I can see many old Eden 

 friends, and a few annoying foes. All manners 

 and kinds of insects, however, are to be found 

 there, " set up " with wings both spread and closed. 

 They always interest me in spite of the confusing 

 lists of their generic and specific names. 



The student fisherman must there do as Rome 

 does, but he need not necessarily study the various 

 orders according to entomological law. It is taken 

 for granted that he will not put the cart before the 

 horse. His visit to museums will follow observa- 



