. The story of hedgerow and pond . ble to beattacked by the otter. The samestruggle for existence is going on con-tinually in the water as in the air and ondry land. Indeed, as life originated inthe water, it was there that this world-old struggle was Pond Life Other true pond-fish are the carp andtench, and on a warm summers daythey may be seen basking among thewater-lilies, and swimming lazily be-tween the long, snake-like stalks andthe broad, floating leaves. On such aday as this the bank of a pond, underthe shadow of a tree, or lying flat in apunt, is a very pleasant place to
. The story of hedgerow and pond . ble to beattacked by the otter. The samestruggle for existence is going on con-tinually in the water as in the air and ondry land. Indeed, as life originated inthe water, it was there that this world-old struggle was Pond Life Other true pond-fish are the carp andtench, and on a warm summers daythey may be seen basking among thewater-lilies, and swimming lazily be-tween the long, snake-like stalks andthe broad, floating leaves. On such aday as this the bank of a pond, underthe shadow of a tree, or lying flat in apunt, is a very pleasant place to be fishing-rod will help to spend the time ;but these fish are not readily caught bya beginner, except perhaps the very smallones. The larger ones are only to betaken by those who have learnt all thetricks of the fisherman. These are notto be picked up in a day, or from books;but must be patiently learnt by actualexperience, and by being content withsmall captures at first. Fishing comesnaturally to some people, while others. Pond Life seem to see no fun in it. As my firstfish, a gudgeon, was caught about forty-five years ago, when I was a small boyin Lincolnshire, and as since then I havecaught many thousands of every otherfresh-water fish to be found in England,including a trout nearly ten pounds inweight, I suppose I may include myselfas one of the former class. But I hadnobody to show me the right way to goto work, and so it took me a very longtime to know what to do and what notto do. And this latter is more importantthan the former. There are suchnumbers of books on fishing that thereis hardly room for another; but if I everwrote one, it would be on what not todo when fishing. And, when fishing for carp especially,the list of things you shouldnt do would150
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