OF A FALSE BALANCE 187 



In a few more years my weighing machine will 

 be old enough to make it six. 



And may I not safely conclude that the in- 

 correctness of this too powerful spring varies with 

 the weight of the fishes. If a pound fish, for in- 

 stance, is really one of a pound and a half, I expect 

 a half-pound fish is no more than three-quarters 

 of a pound. But a two-pounder is really three, a 

 three-pounder four and a half, and a five-pounder 

 seven. 



This is obviously the only safe way to reckon. 



A bright future opens before me. 



