WOODLAND PATHS 



length of the line, describes a circle in 

 high heaven, of which the fisherman's feet 

 are the center, and drops in the grass, 

 while the fisherman, in marvelous defi- 

 ance of all laws of gravity, brings his two 

 hundred and fifty pounds back to an up- 

 right position without losing his footing. 

 Golf may be all very well, but it does not 

 equal this. Small blame to the fisherman 

 if he poises a moment like Ajax defying 

 the lightning. 



Now, the boys have their innings. 

 Somewhere in classic literature the As- 

 syrian came down like the wolf on the fold. 

 So the boys upon the eel that flops might- 

 ily and wriggles in vain in the tall grass. 

 He is dumped in the deep basket; and 

 hardly is he there before the fisherman has 

 swung another in that mighty circle. An 

 eel is very canny, and often escapes a hook 



even when well on. I never knew one to 

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