84 CURIOUS PHENOMENA. 



I who write have gone on in this style for hours, 

 and till nearly at the sinking in disgust of all idle 

 earthly pursuits ; and the water-carpeting of flies 

 having imperceptibly vanished off, I could take no 

 account of the least perceptible change of atmos- 

 pheric influence, when at last a good trout would 

 startle me with a tug at my line, half sunk from 

 inattention. Ere I got that drawn ashore others 

 would be plopping up here and there all around. 

 Then I became alert and diligent, and just as I had 

 got one carefully taken off the hook, another would 

 have nipt down a natural fly ; my flies are over the 

 spot in a moment, up, down, or across but a yard 

 above his nose and he is got fast and flouncing. 

 No stop now takes place till my basket is full with 

 nineteen pounds weight, just what the lid would tie 

 down upon, and a dozen more half and whole 

 pounders hurriedly thrown on the grass, or stuffed 

 in my pockets with their tails flapping over. Likely 

 then, they begin to rise more transiently when I 

 begin to relax in persistence, getting even sick of 

 the water side, fresh, fish smell ; and, bundling up, I 

 turn for home to see and get something of a salted 

 taste to satisfy a well-earned appetite. 



This is the description of one effect : I should 

 like to meet with him who could give me a satisfy- 



