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Photograph by George Shiras, 3d 



TH^ THREE ADULT AEBINO does upon which the perpetuation op the herd 



EARGEEY DEPENDS (SEE PAGE 1 85) 



The eyes of two are light gray, and the other red, in striking contrast to the black eyes of 



the normal deer. 



ing the greater proportion of food for the 

 few survivors. 



INTRODUCTION OP THE ANGEEWORM ON 

 LAKE SUPERIOR 



The hooks used by this ancestral fisher- 

 man were long, slender, and slightly 

 curved, allowing the tying on of different 

 feathers well up on the shank, and in- 

 cluding almost invariably a strip of red 

 flannel or a piece of similarly colored 

 yarn, beneath which was room for one or 

 two large angleworms. In those days the 

 use of live bait, and especially angle- 

 worms, was regarded as sportsmanlike, 

 and apparently justified in the case men- 

 tioned, for the fish sought were those 

 lying deep below the surface, on a rocky 

 bottom. To hook these big fellows was 

 only an incident in the long, hard contest 

 with a slender rod. 



Every spring, and while the angle- 

 worms were still near the surface, small 

 boys were engaged to dig an ample sup- 

 ply in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, and 



these were taken in a two-gallon can to 

 Lake Superior, where they were placed 

 in a large wooden box filled with black 

 earth and protected against a too-miscel- 

 laneous use by lock and key, for the 

 angleworm was not to be found any- 

 where along the entire lake or adjoining 

 territory. Toward the close of each sea- 

 son the remainder, if any, was distributed 

 among eager applicants, and finally found 

 an end within the gullet of equally eager 

 trout. 



"A SERPENT OP DISSENSION" 



How this apparently harmless earth- 

 worm became a miniature serpent of dis- 

 sension happened once when the surplus 

 was turned over to an elder of a village 

 church, with directions to apportion the 

 supply equally among his associates. 

 Some time later word came that a great 

 row had developed over their distribu- 

 tion, followed by a secession of a part of 

 the congregation and the building of an- 

 other edifice. 



