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water, and, furthermore, that he had 

 taken several large trout from the 

 exact places that I had ]been casting 

 over with so much care, zeal, and ex- 

 pectancy. 



But his points of vantage had been 

 the places marked X, X, X in the dia- 

 gram, almost directly below the fish 

 and near the other bank. 

 ! "Why did you not fish from there?" 

 he asked. 



"Because, on account pf the depth 

 of the water and the strength of the 

 current below the pool, I did not think 

 one could get there." 



"No," he replied, "it was because 

 you wanted to take things too easily." 

 : "Then," I said, "I beheve there is 

 no question but that at my position 

 I may have been seen by the fish on 

 the other side of the stream." 



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