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He was the very counterpart of mine, and not until we 

 measured him could we determine any difference in size; 

 then we learned that the parson's fish was a quarter of an 

 inch longer than mine. The killing of this Trout had occu- 

 pied, as nearly as I could judge, about twenty minutes, but 

 the parson thought it must have been an hour. 



He now took off his rubber boots, poured the water out of 

 them, wrung his coat and vest, and as the sun was already 

 behind the mountain we decided to go to the station. 



The parson insisted that the memory of that day's sport 

 should ever be one of the fondest of his life; and as for me, I 

 have had few days that I recall with feelings of more genuine 

 pleasure. 



