head waters of the rivers and through the 

 smaller streams inland to the fresh-water lakes. 



Waves of herring, did I say ? It is a torrent 

 of herring that rushes up Herring Run, a spring 

 freshet from the loosened sources of the life of 

 the sea. 



This movement of the fish is mysterious ; no 

 more so than the migration of the birds, per- 

 haps, but it seems more wonderful to me. Bobo- 

 link's yearly round trip from Cuba to Canada 

 may be, and doubtless is, a longer and a more 

 perilous journey than that made by the herring 

 or by any other migrant of the sea ; but Bobo- 

 link's road and his reasons for traveling are not 

 altogether hidden. He has the cold winds and 

 failing food to drive him, and the older birds to 

 pilot him on his first journey South, and the love 

 of home to draw him back when the spring 

 comes North again. Food and weather were the 

 first and are still the principal causes of his un- 

 rest. The case of the herring seems to be differ- 

 ent. I^either food nor weather influences them. 

 They come from the deep sea to the shallow 

 water of the shore to find lodgment for their eggs 

 and protection for their young ; but what brings 

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