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we must citck 'em, and as we can see there's 

 plenty on 'em in the water, and we've got a 

 house here close behind where we can go in 

 if it rains, and have anything we like, I think 

 we may as well have a try here." 



" Very well," said Stickings. 



" With all my heart," said Rigings, " and 

 who knows but what we may pull 'em out as 

 fast as they do !" 



"No," said Bigings, "I don't think we 

 shall citch like what they're clicking > because 

 our tackle won't do ; we must fish for jack. 

 But if I'd er thought on it before I come out, 

 I'd er read what Walton says about all the 

 different kinds of fish in the Thames, and 

 the right sort of baits for 'em ; only people 

 never think of things till it's too late. But I 

 think what they're clicking are not jack, by 

 the colour on 'em." 



They now began to pull out their rods and 

 lines, and to put them together, and when 

 they had done so it became a matter of 

 concern what they were to put on their hooks. 

 They had no small fish, and no means of 

 getting any, and if they had understood the 

 sport they would have known that it is of no 

 use fishing for jack without them. 



