Fishing and Fishermen 



would disclose, somewhere in Mr. 

 Webster's speeches and writings, the 

 elaboration, with high intent, of that 

 "mighty strong and fine" talk ad- 

 dressed to the fish at Mashpee? 



The impressive story of this simple, 

 truthful old Indian was delightfully 

 continued when, with the enthusiasm 

 of an untutored mind remembering 

 pleasant sensations, the narrator told 

 how the great fisherman and orator 

 having concluded his "strong, fine 

 talk," would frequently suit the action 

 to the word, when he turned to his 

 guide and proposed a fitting libation in 

 recognition of his catch. This part of 

 the story is not here repeated on ac- 

 count of its superior value as an addi- 

 tion to the evidence we have already 

 gathered, but I am thus given an op- 

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