THE NEWT OR EFT. 
Down by the wood we have a pond that has duck 
weed all over its top. It is so far in the wood that 
it is very dark, and it is only now and then that a 
ray from the sun can find its way to it. It is a 
dull pond, but I am told it has a good many fish in 
it. I do not know much as to this fish for my own 
part, as I have not been able to get many to come 
into my net ; but I have many a time had a Newt 
in it, when I did not want one. The Newt is not 
a fish, but its way of life is a good deal hke that of. 
