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your guard, you will every now and then be 

 stomping on your line. In snapping, to catch 

 your fish at a great distance from you adds much 

 to the amusement, as then great dexterity is re- 

 quired to strike with precision, and so you must 

 strike to secure your prize, for the further the 

 fish is from you, the more difficult it is to hook 

 him, for distance gives time between the biting 

 and the striking. 



