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finally refusing them altogether, tlien the Black Bass of 

 Florida must be very dull of comprehension, must have 

 sadly neglected their educational privileges and opportuni- 

 ties, or else the said " theory," like many another from 

 " across the herring pond," originated in the fertile brain 

 of some unfortunate angler to account for an empty 

 creel. 



