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you may the better understand what kind of 

 men no, not men, but " fellahs " some of 

 them were, so that what is related farther on 

 may be the better understood by you. It 

 must be readily seen that such actions were 

 not tending to gender the friendly feelings 

 which should exist among sportsmen. He 

 hesitated not to tell S. that he was determined 

 to have that particular pool the next day, let 

 what might happen. F.'s or Lew's boat was 

 landed every night on the shore of the pool, 

 so that the pool could be occupied with little 

 effort or commotion. To carry into effect his 

 declaration, he secured one of the other officer's 

 boats, had it poled up to and on the head of 

 the pool, remaining in it alone all night. 

 When daylight came, instead of holding the 

 ground with his boat, which was the only way 

 it could be done, the ignoramus of fishing laws 

 poled his out of and away from it 50 yards or 

 more, leaving it open for anybody else. 



At this juncture, F. and Lew, who had been 

 resting at the latter' s house, put in an appear- 

 ance, intending and expecting to go to a 

 lower pool, but finding the old one unoccupied, 

 pushed off their boat, anchored and began 



