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also ; but they are so rare that I can count them 

 on my fingers. There comes up before me, as I 

 write, the grandest specimen of unselfishness, in 

 this regard, who ever cast a fly or kindled a camp- 

 fire. If he chanced to strike a " school," or dis- 

 covered other signs of abundant sport, his cheery 

 shout would always indicate to his companions his 

 desire that they might share his good fortune. 

 And this was but a type of his character. He was 

 and still is a living illustration of the scripture as- 

 surance that it is " more blessed to give than to 

 receive." And I have just received a note from 

 another friend of kindred spirit, who knew no way 

 by which he could better emphasize his apprecia- 

 tion of a trifling favor than to say : " It will give 

 me great pleasure to reciprocate your kindness; 

 and should we ever again meet in the forest, and 

 beside a pool where the speckled beauties await 

 our deceptive lure, I will yield it, and grant to 

 you its undisturbed possession." And he would 

 keep his promise ; for thirty years of angling has 

 rendered him as unselfish in his amusements as he 

 is genial in his social life. 



