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viz up and looked at me. I seen the fish was angry, and, as 

 there ain't anythin' much more desprit than a mad fish, I 

 ducked. I was just in time, for the fish leaped out of the 

 water and straight at me. He'd 'a' speared me sure if it 

 hadn't been fer that duck of mine. As it was, he went clean 

 over me and landed in a pool in the hollow of the rocks be- 

 hind me, where there was a considerable pond of water. 

 He couldn't get out, and he's there yet. Him and me is fast 

 friends now, and I go down twicet a week and feed him.' 

 " ' How long ago was that ? ' 

 " * It was seventeen year ago.' 

 " ' The fish must be quite large by this time.' 

 " ' Oh,' said Hance, ' not so much ! Last time I put the 

 tape on him he was only twenty-seven feet long. He ain't 

 got his full growth yit." 



