THE TEMPERATURE 81 



Out upon the deeps I pulled the boat 

 once more ; and the basket was two or 

 three pounds heavier when it was time to 

 return. 



My theory about the influence of the 

 temperatures seemed demonstrated to the 

 full ; but would it always hold ? Day 

 after day for many days I put it to the 

 test, and the results were not easily inter- 

 preted. On the deeps when the weather 

 was calm a few trout were usually caught, 

 and often where there was a wind light 

 enough to cause only a gentle ripple I 

 had a good many more than a few ; but 

 when the wind was high enough to make 

 the wavelets break into spray there was 

 practically no sport at all. On these 

 days, too, the trout began to come when- 

 ever, in its drift, the boat neared the 

 shore. For a time this was disconcert- 

 ing ; but it was not, I think, inexplicable. 

 Spring had been moving on ; even at 

 night, the weather had been mild, and 

 usually in daytime warm ; in the course 

 of their changes, the temperatures of the 



