DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



Circumstances would fully warrant one, 

 when realizing that his embroidered vocabu- 

 lary is hopelessly inadequate, in rubbing his 

 eyes and saying, "Good riddance." Or in 

 compromising with the astounding expression, 

 "Hang it!" and letting that suffice; though 

 the appropriate word might be the unspoken 

 one. But whatever is affirmed, grieve not 

 over the irreparable, especially when it can 

 be repaired; for sometimes that can be done 

 unexpectedly while you wait. For a trout has 

 been known to take a fly when the one of 

 which the angler had been robbed is hanging 

 from its mouth. That's when you arrest him 

 with the goods. 



We caught one above Island Portage with 

 a fly in his jaw and dragging two feet of 

 leader, which had been taken less than half an 

 hour before. Of course, he was not severely 

 pricked, the hook being imbedded in the car- 

 tilaginous part of the mouth, and the rugged 

 fellow never minded a trifle like that. But 

 an escaping trout, stung in a more sensitive 

 part, will sulk in his tent; or, retiring for 

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