CHAPTER VI 



OLD JOHN, TIM THE TEEMER, AND 

 OTHERS 



" A Really Good Day " — Why Such a Day is Rare — 

 Design in Nature — Rival Philosophies — Tim's 

 Game of Ball — What Does it Mean ? — Pleasure 

 as an Aim in Life — The Preservation of 

 Species — Nature's Method with the Trout — Its 

 Harmony with Man's Interests — The Game 

 Laws in Accord with the Design of Nature — 

 Perplexing Phenomena of Human Society — 

 Words Without Meaning — Dagonet Explains 



— "Dry Fly" — Tlie D C on the 



Subject — Lord G -'s Book^ — Mr. L 



V H and Mr. H W M 



— Opposing Theories — A Test is Arranged — 

 The Project Miscarries — Still, There were 

 Results — The Dry-Fly Theory Examined. 



When Old John said that in sixty years 

 there had been only one really good day 

 on Lochleven, he was not making a merely 

 picturesque remark. He may have been 



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