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of the number and the size caught, giving vent to 

 all the petty jealousies and devious dodges to beat 

 your companion on the stream. You will no longer 

 be "tickled to death" to see yourself among the 

 everlasting representations now exposed to view in 

 the sporting magazines — with that insipid smile 

 — standing in perspective, far behind a string of 

 fish magnified three times their actual size — the 

 greater the number, the greater the shame. You 

 will forget all the meaner aspects of the vacant- 

 minded, ignorant doings and sayings of the vulgar. 

 In fact, you will become a true disciple of Saint 

 Peter, the patron of all good anglers. 



