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tunately I had only a large carpet-bag and 

 rod-case. Into the former did'nt I cram boots, 

 and shoes, and shirts, and shaving tackle, etc., 

 all higgledy, piggledy! Never was there such 

 a "meddle and muddle!" No shaving that 

 morning, and no breakfast, until I got on 

 board the vessel, which I was only able to do, 

 by shouldering the bag myself, and making 

 Master Boots follow with a box of sweet- 

 kippered salmon, and the rod -case. Moreover 

 I did not fail to tell the youth that if he put 

 his best leg foremost he should have an extra 

 shilling, if not, something perhaps not quite 

 so agreeable. Now, had I been encumbered 

 with a fraction of more luggage than was 

 absolutely necessary, where should I have 

 been at this conjuncture ? 



Not a single reel do I possess that weighs 

 more than thirteen ounces, and one or two 

 less than that. In fact I study lightness and 

 handiness in everything connected with my 

 fishing paraphernalia. Still for a month or 



