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Orn. — He rose, I suppose, at a natural 

 fly, the moment before my fly touched the 

 water. 



Hal. — Try again. You have hooked him, 

 and you have done well not to strike when he 

 rose. Now hold him tight, wind up your 

 line, and carry him down the stream. Push 

 the boat down stream, fisherman. Keep 

 your fish's head up. He begins to tire, — 

 and there is landed. A fine well-fed fish, not 

 much less than 4 lbs. Throw him into the 

 well. Now, Poietes, try that fish rising 

 above, — and there are two more. 



PoiET. — I have him ! 



Hal. — Take care. He has turned you, 

 and you have suffered him to run out your 

 line, and he is gone into the weeds under the 

 willow : let him fall down stream. 



PoiET. — I cannot get him out. 



Hal. — Then wind up. I fear he is lost ; 

 yet we will try to recover him by taking the 

 boat up. The line is loose : he has left the 

 link entangled in the weeds, and carried your 

 fly with him. He must have been a large 

 fish, or he could not have disentangled him- 

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