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was no barb on it I determined to hold it 

 myself. About the same hour that the un- 

 happy girl was carried off, on the previous 

 day, I went to the water's edge, at the 

 same place, and threw my bait and hook 

 as far in as I could, playing it about in 

 the water. In a very few minutes, feeling 

 my bait move, I struck at once with all 

 my strength ; I knew I had him, for I ex- 

 perienced a jerk that nearly threw me on 

 my face, and I should have been pulled 

 into the river if I had not shouted out to 

 the bystanders to assist me. Every part 

 of my tackle was so strong that T resolved 

 not to give him a chance, but to " run him 

 in " at all hazards. We called out 

 lustily for assistance, and soon three or 

 four dozen men were hanging on to the line. 

 Being so strong a party, I gave the word, 



and we got way on him, and then ran 



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