, jumping after him to catch him before he 

 could, scramble back into the river. 

 * J That was enough for our grilse. Ever 



J^~zICj*j! f\*M afterwards when he saw, on moonlit nights, 



a black rock or stump in the shallows, he 

 watched awhile to see if it moved, before go- 

 ing through the dangerous place. And this 

 is the test which all salmon and trout apply 

 to every suspicious object: if it moves, it is 

 dangerous, whether on land or water. That 

 is why you catch only flashing glimpses of 

 them as you walk along the bank; while 

 on the other hand, if you sit very still on a 

 rock in the salmon pool and trail your toe or 

 finger or a single leaf in the current, you 

 may see a big salmon move up to examine 

 it leisurely ; and sometimes he will spatter 

 water all over you as he plunges at the 

 object in play and whirls back to his eddy 



again. 



Late in October Kopseep found himself 

 once more on the shallows at the mouth of the 

 brook where he was born. He went straight 

 to the root under which he used to hide; but 

 the familiar place was grown so small that 



