A Defense of Fishermen 



insist that such people have no right 

 to impute laziness to those who fish. 



Why Fish Stories Should Be Believed 



It is sometimes said that there is 

 such close relationship between men- 

 dacity and fishing, that in matters con- 

 nected with their craft all fishermen 

 are untruthful. It must, of course, be 

 admitted that large stories of fishing 

 adventure are sometimes told by fish- 

 ermen — and why should this not be 

 so? Beyond all question there is no 

 sphere of human activity so full of 

 strange and wonderful incidents as 

 theirs. Fish are constantly doing the 

 most mysterious and startling things; 

 and no one has yet been wise enough 

 to explain their ways or account for 

 their conduct. The best fishermen do 

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