II.

THE POOL BENEATH THE FARMSTEAD.

A song of autumn--The salmon pool--Angling difficulties--Bullying a sportive fish--An absent-minded fisherman--At dawn and nightfall--A deserted home--Practical joking--A moorhen's fate--Playfulness of youth--The torrent below the fall--The garden ponds--Feasting on frogs--A watcher of the night--Hounds and hunters--Lutra's discretion--The spell of fear 24-40