UP HERRING RUN 



THE habit of migrating- is not confined to 

 birds. To some extent it is common to all 

 animals that have to move abont foi- food, Avhe- 

 tlier they live in tlie water or upon the land. 

 The warm south wind that sweeps northward in 

 successive waves of bluebirds and ^iolets, of 

 warblers and l)uttercups, mo^es with a like magic 

 power over the sea. It touches the ocean with 

 the same soft hand that wakes the flowers and 

 brings the birds, and as these return to upland 

 and meadow, the waters stir and the J'ivejs and 

 streams become alive with fish. Waves of stur- 

 geon, shad, and heiiing come in from unknown 

 regions of tlie ocean, :ind pass up toM^ard the 

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