MAN OVERBOARD! 41 



place a fish could be hooked to be so wild, 

 is the eye. 



We had had sport enough for one day, and 

 were hungry enough to seek the camp, so, 

 dropping down to our landing-place, we were 

 soon on the road to camp with our fare. When 

 it was sighted, we saw the other boat at the 

 shore, and S. nearly stripped, standing by 

 the fire. " What in the ' diggens ' does that 

 mean ? ' ' said Sol. " It looks as if he had been 

 overboard.' 7 Well, sure enough he had fallen 

 out at the head of Hemlock by making a 

 miss step, when he was changing his position 

 with Peter to bow after he had hooked a fish. 

 The boat was a crank affair; he lost his 

 balance, and over he went. Fortunately, the 

 boat was moored, and as he went out he had 

 seized the gunwale with one hand, and held 

 the rod with the other, which Peter imme- 

 diately grabbed, thus keeping the salmon in 

 check, while he could give him some help to 

 get into the boat. They had evidently had a 

 laughable time after they secured the fish, and 

 ^ol and I had the second edition when we 

 found them in this predicament. The black 

 flies and mosquitoes were also on the track 



