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water, and, furthermore, that he had 

 taken several large trout from the 

 exact places that I had been casting 

 over with so much care, zeal, and ex- 

 pectancy. 



But his points of vantage had been 

 the places marked X, X, X in the dia- 

 gram, almost directly below the fish 

 and near the other bank. 



"Why did you not fish from there?" 

 he asked. 



"Because, on account of the depth 

 of the water and the strength of the 

 current below the pool, I did not think 

 one could get there." 



"No," he replied, "it was because 

 you wanted to take things too easily." 



"Then," I said, "I believe there is 

 no question but that at my position 

 I may have been seen by the fish on 

 the other side of the stream." 



And that may be the complete ex- 



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