188 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



and therefore they would not speak to him, 

 and made signs for him to cut ; when he, feel- 

 ing indignant at such insulting conduct, laid 

 hold of one of their lines, and declared he 

 would have it rod and all. A pulling match 

 ensued, in which he pulled the Roman Catholic 

 into the river ; but the Roman Catholic got 

 the rod and line away from him ; beside 

 which, a sturdy boatman just behind him gave 

 him such a tremendous blow on the head 

 with a boat-hook that it was thought he never 

 could get over it. 



