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decided to try by the island. Here he soon 

 hooked, and landed, a 7^ pounder, whilst I 

 secured a small fish, under 3 lb ; ., which, no 

 doubt to its own satisfaction, was promptly 

 liberated. Here, too, I struck a good fish, but, 

 the hooks failing to hold, a terribly mauled 

 bait was the only result. The other rod, how- 

 ever, in the meantime had been responsible 

 for another tenant of the well. Now, 

 satisfactory as our sport had hitherto been 

 in point of numbers, we had not obtained a 

 fish whose weight went into double figures r 

 and in both our minds were thoughts of the 

 far heavier pike known to be in the water, 

 but which were not in evidence at this particular 

 place. Therefore a move to the other side of 

 the island was suggested, and acted upon. 



Our new moorings were situated con- 

 siderably nearer the mainland than where we 

 had been fishing . A cluster of tall trees on 

 the shore faced a similar plantation on the 

 island, making a regular gully for the wind, 

 which lashed the water into a miniature sea. 



