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ONTEST returns were very grati- 
fying on the whole. We received 
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rocks and shade. Here, the fish are 
frequently taken with bait. At certain 
times they will take underwater lures, 
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We believe that study and close ap- 
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out of the contest. 
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where they would tend to direct her 
course towards a marshy lake. He 
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her out. 
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paused for a moment, and, seeing the 
boys, started for the lake, running 
magnificently. 
It was not without counsel that Mc- 
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of capture, for it was shallow, with 
narrows about half-way along its 
length; and all its edge and all the 
narrows had grown a rank crop of 
bull-rushes. These rushes were now 
filled with drifted snow and formed 
three natural heart-breaking barri- 
cades. Between the drifts a couple of 
inches of snow covered the glare ice. 
HERE was a yell from the boys 
and a dash for the lake. The 
horses caught the excitement and ran 
as they had never run before; but 
Fanny, with her great swinging trot, 
kept well ahead. Through the first 
drift in a cloud of dry snow that hid 
her from sight, she broke trail for the 
horses. Out on to the lake, where her 
cloven hooves and padded feet stood 
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Into the second drift they went in a 
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