The Path to Joe's Pond 



peaks and sky. If it be in season for the 

 trout, of which there are none like those 

 in Joe's Pond, one may venture out on 

 every man's raft, if he will, and cast his 

 fly across that perfect mirror. But whether 

 the trout rise or not, he will be well con- 

 tent. For he has come from far to tread 

 the path through the woods. He belongs 

 to the brotherhood of those to whom na- 

 ture is all-sufficient. 



