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spot after that, and think matters over calmly, if 

 you can. 



We think the matter over somehow, and it ends 

 in our laying down the rod and lighting the pipe. 

 Fishing is done with for a time, and we will find 

 out what their food, their principal food, is. The 

 problem is soon solved. They have caterpillars, 

 grubs, and other creeping things from the low alder 

 and willow growth, and the bogland worms. It is 

 a favourite pitch for snipe just here. The miller 

 knows that well ; never does he miss coming to 

 the trout stream after the first frosts have touched 

 things. And many worms must get into the water 

 one way or another, particularly when the little 

 rills from the ploughed lands run into the stream. 

 So we decide to give up the fly in favour of the 

 worm. We have some with us, bright, lively red 

 worms — for we intended to try for perch as well as 

 for trout. Shifting our tackle, and baiting with a 

 nice worm, we very cautiously approach the bank, 

 keep out of sight, and throw sideways up the stream, 

 just above a little fall. The worm drops over 

 naturally; there is a tug-tug, and we have him — 

 no mistake about it this time ; no amount of danc- 



