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can reach the spot, and throw at least half- 

 a-yard above the fish. 



ORN. He rose, I suppose, at a natural 

 fly, the moment before my fly touched the 

 water. 



HAL. Try again. You have hooked 

 him, and you have done well not to strike 

 when he rose. Now hold him tight, wind 

 up your line, and carry him down the stream. 

 Push the boat down stream, fisherman. Keep 

 your fish's head up. He begins to tire, 

 and there is landed. A fine well-fed fish, 

 not much less than 41bs. Throw him into 

 the well. Now, Poietes, try that fish rising 

 above, and there are two more. 



POIET. I have him! 



HAL. Take care. He has turned you, 

 and you have suffered him to run out your 

 line, and he is gone into the weeds under 

 the willow : let him fall down stream. 



POIET. I cannot get him out. 



HAL. Then wind up. I fear he is lost, 



yet we will try to recover him by taking the 



boat up. The line is loose : he has left the 



link entangled in the weeds, and carried 



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