and Affectations 



teach that it is one thing to induce 

 these cunning fellows to take the bait, 

 and quite another to accomplish their 

 capture. It is absolutely necessary in 

 this stage of the proceedings that the 

 deliberation and gingerly touch of 

 the fish be matched by the delibera- 

 tion and care on the part of the fisher- 

 man at the butt of the rod; and the 

 strike on his part must not be too 

 much hastened, lest he fail to lodge 

 his hook in a good holding place. 

 Even if he succeeds in well hooking 

 his fish he cannot confidently expect 

 a certain capture. In point of fact 

 the tension and anxiety of the work 

 in hand begins at that very instant. 

 Ordinarily when a bass is struck 

 with the hook, if he is in surroundings 

 favorable to his activity, he at once 

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