80 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



with fine green tops ; quite a change from 

 the birch woods we were in at Irving Lalce. 

 I feel how much every man degenerates 

 without frequent communion with nature. 

 The forest itself has a charm which grows 

 upon me. Selfishness, ambition, and care 

 have here no place, and a man is most truly 

 thrown upon his own resources to be alone 

 with nature. Reverence for and apprecia- 

 tion of the beautiful are elements which 

 enter into the character of every true angler; 

 but I. must stop, for here comes David and 

 John Freeman, with three other men ; have 

 had a hard time to get here, — rain, wind ; 

 they were most exhausted, and very glad to 

 find warmth and shelter." 



Tuesday was stormy. We fished some, 

 and got seven fine fish. We also hunted 

 partridges, but there was too much wind, 

 and we did not see any. It still was cold 

 and stormy. 



On Wednesday, the 12th, the thermome- 



