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he feels n bite, ami Iiiiuliii:^ in rapidly uitli a taut line; for, if 

 a sliick occurs, the fish will often tliscnj^age themselves. 



Many pcopli' arc M'ry fund uf this sport, hut I hold it, after 

 all, but heavy work, not the less so for being considerably labo- 

 rious, and for the fact that hauling in the small, cutting line, 

 hand over hand, and the salt water, arc apt to make the fingers 

 exceeding sore, if gloveless ; and to use gloves in angling, would 

 be something like douuing the upper Benjamin with fox- 

 hounds. 



B K 



