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knife in my back with the skill of a licensed vivi- 

 sector, or jumped overboard to save me from 

 drowning, according to his mood and the occasion. 

 The fishing he liked best was from the rocks, with 

 a comrade, the comrade holding the rod and Jose 

 lying at full length beside him and throwing 

 groundbait at the line. 



A BRIDGE OVER THE TENSIFT, MOROCCO CITY 



At Casablanca I once fared forth with a crew 

 of devout Mussulmin to catch bass, and in its 

 place caught blackmouthed dogfish (Pristiurus\ 

 a small and interesting shark, occasionally trawled 

 in deep offshore water on the British and Irish 

 coasts. Not having previously encountered the 

 species outside of museums, the episode was not 

 unwelcome, but the capture of any dogfish is not 



