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again." " Pull on, boys," and after a short time the 

 music of the reel again was heard, and a fair-sized calig 

 was soon in the net. " We've overrun the mackarel," 

 I exclaimed ; " Pull back, and let us try for another." 

 This was done, and after taking two or three small 

 calig, we got amongst the mackarel again, and soon had 

 a few good fish. As we had now got a first-rate appetite 

 to enjoy our freshly caught fish, and the afternoon was 

 pretty well over, we pulled ashore, and so ended my first 

 day's fishing. The description of my afternoon's fishing 

 so acted upon my friend Urmston that he arranged to go 

 with me the next day. He had been out with me a day 

 or two previously, fishing for trout in the Sulby River, but 

 without any great success, and he looked forward to having 

 much greater sport with the calig and bloggan than he 

 had been able to get with the wily trout. By the advice 

 of Looney I took some " gibbons " with me in order to try 

 a change, for I determined to 'fish in every way I could 

 until I found out the most killing method. We had the 

 same boys with us as on the previous day, but I found 

 that one strong young fellow would manage the boat very 

 much better than two boys, and I afterwards took 

 "Robert," whom Looney recommended, and whom I 

 found one of the handiest and most civil young fellows 

 that ever got into a boat. 



Our second day's fishing was a decided improvement 

 on the first, but we did not get a single mackarel. We got 

 a good number of fair- sized calig, and at last my friend, 

 who was using the "gibbon," whilst I was using fly, got a 

 tremendous pull. " That's either a good fish or tangle," I 



