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all-the-world feeling, which is begotten of straw- 

 berries and cream, that we turned our faces once 

 more towards Tryon Creek. The Judge said, 

 " Let's try the pond." Now fishing from the shore 

 of a pond is torture to the sensitive soul of a true 

 sportsman, so it came to pass that no sooner did 

 we behold a canoe tied to the bank than prepara- 

 tions were made for a voyage of discovery. We 

 discovered, all right The Judge is a man of 

 parts, and his fishing weight is about 250 pounds. 

 He perched himself on the deck at one end of the 

 canoe and invited the Preacher to balance him on 

 the other. The proposition seemed to admit of 

 debate, but the Preacher accustomed to doing as 

 he is told clambered into the place assigned him. 

 Then a kind friend pushed off the canoe and 

 never mind the particulars, but we know by ac- 

 curate measurement that the water at that point 

 reaches exactly from the Judge's hips to his arm- 

 pits when he is in a sitting posture. The canoe 

 being righted the Judge insisted that the Preacher 

 should enjoy it alone while he would skirmish along 

 the shore. This arrangement resulted satisfactorily 

 to all parties unless we may except the trout 

 and long before sundown, the creels were filled and 

 the horse's head was turned towards home. 



The writer has too much consideration for the 

 feelings of his readers to undertake a detailed ac- 

 count of all the fishing experiences of a six weeks' 

 vacation, but he is not to be choked off until he has 



