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But, the humbler, old-fashioned method has a charm 

 of its own which I am not ready to forego. " Willis 

 Boyd Allen. 



"Ye Gods and Little Fishes." "When we have 

 become familiar with the great cities with their be- 

 wildering sights and distracting sounds, the finest 

 things remain to be discovered, and these discoveries 

 must be made as we stand open-eyed in the presence 

 of God's workmanship. Hills and streams, woods and 

 flowers, bees and birds and butterflies, the flora and 

 fauna of this earth where we have our home for a 

 little time, should, somehow, be brought into the life 

 of the child. The boy who grows up into manhood 

 without being privileged to know the world of nature 

 by personal contact has been robbed. He may be 

 intelligent in many things and a useful member of 

 society, but he has missed out of life some of its 

 deepest satisfactions and purest joys. Indeed, such 

 an one is not symmetrically educated, and is quite 

 likely to be put to shame as the years pass by. " 

 Lathan A. Crandall, Days in the Open. 



Angling Is its Own Reward. "No other sportsman 

 brings home more from his sport than he takes to it 

 than the fisherman. His basket is heavy with present 

 food in the morning, and loaded with future food in 

 the afternoon, with an appetite and a sleepetite that 

 requires three days to satisfy. " Hy. Julius. 



Ideal Angling Time. The last two weeks in June 

 what lovelier period for brook trout fishing in the rich 

 flower-lined mountain streams? When does the wild 

 shrub smell sweeter than now, the wind blow more 



