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THE TOP RAIL. 
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hands they cannot let it go. But for them o! 
streams would contain far more trout of good 
size. 
As to the Delaware, every angler knows th 
in season one can fish for bass in the river a: 
for trout in its tributaries, all within a she 
distance of his camp or hotel. 
* * * 
Did you. ever stop to think where and he 
the expression “I made down my bed” oriii 
nated? A housewife always makes up a be' 
but a camper, never; he makes it down. St 
although a foreigner learning English might 1 
understand that the difference in height of! 
bed in a house and one on the ground mig 
account for the two expressions, the altitu! 
of the one is less than two feet greater tb 
that of the other, and often less, for camp be 
are frequently made on cots or in bunks. Nev 
theless, they are invariably said to be rnr 
down when one gives the blankets a flirt, flei 
leaves or grass off and rolls his sweater ii 
pillow form. 
Making down a bed is often less elabor; 
I camped frequently during two summers, wl 
making down my bed consisted in smooth 
off a space of sand or adobe, placing my sad 
at one end for a pillow, my six-shooter a 
rifle at one side, the saddle blanket over 
shoulders and my hat over my face. At tin 1 
the pony was at one end of the picket rope ; 
the pommel of the saddle at the other, as a p 
sible safeguard against horse thieves, but m 
often it was the means of rousing me frequer 
to find the pillow being towed away by 
grazing pony. Grizzly Kino 
Relics. 
Editor Forest and Stream: j 
Now and then there is recorded the finding' 
prehistoric relics in different parts of the co 
try, and very interesting are some of these fi 
to persons who love to study the queer thi 
of the long ago. It is encouraging to know t 
hundreds of enthusiasts are engaged in disco'* 
ing what lies covered over by the earth of a 
beneath which are buried the towns, the cn 
implements of warfare and personal use, 
earthen ware dishes and utensils, etc. 
The Mound Builders were a shrewd 
energetic race who, by strategical aforethou* 
erected odd-shaped forts and houses that renj 
to this day as sound as ever they were. Wi 
easy distance of this city there are to be fa 
the remnants of a town that long ago was 
doubtedly a thriving village. Three of t 1 
conical houses stand on a point of land 
juts out into the Mississippi River. Apparo 
these were used as forts, one of them beinj 
greater length and decidedly heavier in const 
tion than the others. Perhaps this one was 
main stronghold to which the habitants of 
town fled when beset by the enemy. Here J 
were able to hold out when oppressed by 1 
numbers of their rivals. This point of land 
wisely chosen and shows no little use of stra: 
The enemy coming by water could be seen 
distance and this would give the people tin 
prepare themselves for defense. 
In the southern part of the State a man : 
time ago uncovered upward of fifty relics ' 
