Mr. Scott Turns the Laugh 



the real insect, and immediately began 

 taking the big fish, at last turning the 

 laugh upon the guests who had sent 

 him to this pool as a huge joke. 



As Mr. Scott, completely foiled after 

 two days' hard work, sat on the dam 

 and discovered not only that the trout 

 were taking an ash-midge, but that 

 they took it as it floated to them, who 

 can doubt that this contemplative an- 

 gler, with a vast knowledge of fish 

 and fishing, presented his imitation 

 in the same manner as the original 

 insect had been offered to the trout, 

 namely, by floating it down? 



Does it not strike the reader as 

 somewhat curious that both these skil- 

 ful and experienced anglers, Mr. Norris 

 and Mr. Scott, having had presented to 

 them in such a forceful manner the 

 great advantage of using, at least under 

 certain conditions, a floating imitation 



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