^34 SY HOOK AND BT CSOOK. 



We gained the bank and examined the hook^ but no 

 fault was there ; then the splash of an oar fell on oar 

 ears, and, looking up, we saw a boat being propelled 

 towards us from the opposite bank. 



More trouble in store ! for we recognized the figure 

 which was now approaching us in waders as of one who 

 had, upon previous occasions, tried the scaring-off scheme 

 M'ithout success. 



He said, in a tone none too civil, " IVe warned you 



oflP here many a time, Mr. , and if you won^t go 



I shall have to make you ; '' adding, " the leave on your 

 ticket is neither here nor there.^' 



We told him that his opinion of our ticket did not 

 interest us, and that he might turn us off if he could, 

 upon which he contented himself with a long harangue 

 about " gentlemen,^' and nothing in particular. 



He followed us down to the next pool, where we 

 killed a 10 lb. fish under his eyes, which only produced 

 rather stronger language and a threat of legal pro- 

 ceedings, but none subsequently came. 



It was now getting dark, so we gave up fishing, having 

 had not at all a bad day, in spite of trouble. 



They evidently had leagued together in an attempt, 

 by annoyance and intimidation, to drive anglers from 

 the water ; but we knew they neither dared to assault us 

 nor to take the initiative in any legal proceedings, so we 

 fished the week out with fair success, regardless of their 

 threats, wliich gradually ceased, as they were found to 

 be unavailing. 



