80 Bird Day Book 



TROUTING. 



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FISHING and hunting in a rude state of society were not 

 amusements, but necessary employments, as indeed commercial 

 fishing is now. The literature of fishing is a curious exhibition of 

 the toil and pains men endure to get a little enjoyment. 



We present the following idyl on the fascinating sport of 

 trouting : 



"I go a fishing." — John xxi, 3. 

 A line, In camp 



A hook, To lie, 



A rod, With trout 



A brook, To fry ; 



A man absorbed in fishing ; Farewell to cares and sadness ! 



A cast, No care, 



A bite, No strife, 



"A trout?" In such 



"You're right; A life, 



For this I have been wishing." With health and rest and gladness ! 



Then come 

 With me, 

 Away 

 We'll flee 

 And spend a month together. 



By stream 

 And lake 

 Sly trout 

 We'll take 

 And sleep in stormy weather. 



— Pis cat or. 



