Some Fishing Pretenses and 

 Affectations 



I WOULD not permit without a 

 resentful protest an expression 

 of doubt as to my good and 

 regular standing in the best and most 

 respectable circle of fishermen. I am 

 as jealous as a man can be of the fair 

 fame of the fraternity; and I am un- 

 yielding in my insistence upon the ex- 

 clusion of the unworthy from its mem- 

 bership. I also accept without demur 

 all the traditions of the order, pro- 

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