180 FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



broad daylight, mind ye — and he'd flop down a 

 couple o' beds off, an' stan' there still as a stone, 

 and then he'd have a trout, — sin 'em do it lots o' 

 times. It's the ile in their legs and feet what 

 does it, it draws tRe trout to 'em and other fish 

 too. I only wishes I could get enough o' their 

 legs and feet to make some, I'd hev some fish 

 then, I can tell ye." 



Heron -oil — that is, a certain mixture concocted 

 by stewing the legs and feet — is still believed in, 

 in spite of board schools. It will take yet a long 

 course of training, extending over many years, be- 

 fore certain people will behold things in the same 

 light in which other people wish them to be seen. 

 These traditions and beliefs belong to the country ; 

 they are perfectly harmless, and after all has been 

 said, there is some foundation of truth in them. 



The beautiful legs and feet of the heron, when in 

 the water, resemble the stems of aquatic plants, 

 and the faintest ripple or flow heightens the il- 

 lusion. Fish are continually exploring the stems 

 of aquatic plants, the trout being particularly 

 addicted to this practice. All fish will nibble at 

 the stems of water - plants, and more especially 



