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dripping wet was assisted by his master into the boat 

 again. 



By the vindictive leer with which Tiddler favored 

 me when he made his reappearance, I could plainly see 

 he blamed me for the whole occurrence. Shortly after- 

 ward I caught an immense perch, and Tiddler who 

 had been cogitating on the advisability of a nap after 

 his bath thumped himself bodily down on the perch 

 just as that fish was erecting the bristling spikes of 

 his dorsal fin in indignation at being so unceremoni- 

 ously hauled from his native element. That time Tid- 

 dler got it literally in the neck, and a second edition 

 of agonizing ki-kowing, variegated by howls and gar- 

 nished by canine cursing, followed, until a fisherman 

 on the shore a mile distant protested at our apparent 

 cruelty. 



In fact, I never saw another dog who possesed the re- 

 markable faculty of getting into trouble that Tiddler did. 

 He was seasick, or rather lake sick, and no sooner had 

 his stomach recovered its proper equilibrium than he 

 was in hot water again. In fact, such a nuisance did 

 he become that we were obliged to leave off fishing 

 and adjourn to the shore. 



Round Lake is a splendid piece of fishing water, and 

 is located about two miles from Gray's Lake Depot, on 

 the Wisconsin Central. Minnows are the best all-round 

 bait which can be used. These the angler should pro- 

 vide, as the supply on the ground is uncertain. 



Starting from Sam Litwilder's boathouse, the best 

 plan is to row directly to the bass ground marked on 

 the southeast point, working well in-shore among the 

 rushes, and if unsuccessful there then try the bass 

 weeds further out, and thence to the bass pocket on 

 the southwest corner just inside the point. The other 

 two bass pockets on the west shore should then be 

 visited, and unless some Success has been met with 

 at this stage the angler may feel certain that the bass 

 are lying in the deeper water; and he cannot do bet- 

 ter than to take the lake all around, fishing in the deeper 



