. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . e fire,hang over it until his clothes fairly smoked and after thus hoistingon board a satisfactory cargo of heat, return once more to thearms of Morpheus. But even with this adjunct their capacity toassimilate cold was wonderful. I never .saw the like of it before. We were up betimes, anticipating the sun somewhat and eatingbreakfast with a crisp white frost covering the ground. An houror so later, you could hardly realize that it had ever been cold, sogenerous
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . e fire,hang over it until his clothes fairly smoked and after thus hoistingon board a satisfactory cargo of heat, return once more to thearms of Morpheus. But even with this adjunct their capacity toassimilate cold was wonderful. I never .saw the like of it before. We were up betimes, anticipating the sun somewhat and eatingbreakfast with a crisp white frost covering the ground. An houror so later, you could hardly realize that it had ever been cold, sogenerous was the sunshine, so soft and balmy was the breeze. Bynoon we were camped on the banks of a bewilderingly beautiful A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 91 trout stream, ideal for the anglers craft, replete with waterfallsand long dark pools and no underbrush to hamper operations. Ihad a regulation dude outfit, split bamboo rod, fly book, reels,spoons, iish basket, etc. and I went to work in scientific fashion,,as will be seen from the subjoined snap shots. The others cutpoles that looked like base ball bats, tied on lines and hooks Catchiuf^ ^ I ^ -i st Trout. with grasshoppers or grubs and if the sad truth must be told,wereyanking trout out of the water rather more rapidl}^ than my-self. The fact is the season was not propitious for fly fishing. It •92 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO was early for the insect life that later swarms the air and thespeckled darlings, dependent on food from other sources, did notrise enthusiastically. As I didnt want to be beaten at the game,I did a little bait fishing of my own and soon silenced the laughthat had started at my expense. The Mexican trout closely resembles the rainbow variety, only
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