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Part of Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911

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to study the vlemt "nio-
neers" which were filling
in the burnt area, while
the four zoologists fol-
lowed up to collect the
butterfly visitors of

the flowers. After which
we had lunch and got busy
trout~-fishing, for it must
be confessed that the trip
to Sowbelly was undertaken
for piseatorial reasons
first, though we did our
best to make it anvear
seientific.

These trout were a
sore disappointment to me.
Far from being educated,

. they had not the slightest

idea of the proper behavior to manifest when a Royal Coachman wes deftly
east on the rippled surface and drawn alluringly aeross the pool. They lay
with heads up stream, lazily waving their tails and wegging their pectoral
fins, and making eyes at each other. I got much personal eratification out
of the handsome casts I made, but no rise, much less a strike, and in truth

it must be said not even so much as an extra wigezle of a fin. S50 I re-

mained carefully concealed and changed my fly for a Gray Hackle, which I

east with consummate grace and skill
to the farthermost recess of the
shady pool, and drew invitingly over
the surface of the tiny ripples.

The same rank unethical disregard
was meted out to the Gray Hackle.

sO in turn followed the Prown Hackle,
the Professor, the White Miller, the
Grizzly King - why name the list,
since they all net with the same
classy stare and the same lack of
consideration? With withering
scorn I plucked me e hale grass-
honper from his native reed, in-
paled him kicking plenty on a eruel
bare hook, and east again. Business
looked up at once; a strike, a fight,
and a trout, which smelt right fish-
ily and provoked visions of a frying-
pan and much picking of bones. With



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