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whip out a fish, before he is aware of his danger : 

 whereas, should he have been once roused to a 

 sense of it, by being brought face to face with a 

 light-coloured one, and particularly if an unsuc- 

 cessful attempt have been made to land him with 

 it, he often turns unpleasantly fractious, and re- 

 quires a good deal of persuasion, before he can be 

 again prevailed on to come within reach. And 

 it must not be forgotten, that those struggles of 

 his with a short line are infinitely more dangerous 

 than any that he can make with a long one. 



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