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this kind occurred late in July this year, when I 

 caught fourteen bass in rapid succession on my 

 small artificial crawfish, without moving an inch 

 from the place I was fishing. I once fished diligently 

 for muskellunge in Chautauqua Lake for four 

 successive days without a single strike, under the 

 guidance of a local expert, the lake and fish being 

 a new experience to me. Then trying the fifth, a 

 rainy day, I caught three in two hours, 18 pounds, 

 13 pounds, and 9 pounds in weight, which fully 

 repaid me in splendid battles with leaping fish 

 for my patient endeavors. 



