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it into the calm little bay aforesaid, gave it 

 the butt, and scooped it out with the net. This 

 fourth fish, however, escaped at the third manual 

 exercise, and the Adelphi lamented aloud, wonder- 

 ing that we cared so little. Of course, with three 

 good fish on the bank, no one would grudge a 

 fourth his life. But the Adelphi lacked experience. 

 What they wanted now was to see the bank strewn 

 with dead fishes. Oberhausen was fishing again. 

 He wanted one more. And in five minutes he got 

 it ; 2 1 Ib. This was the end. The sea-stream had 

 run down to nothing at all, the sea-trout had all 

 gone over the bar into deep water, where fishing 

 was out of the question. Oberhausen, that he 

 might have nothing wherewith to reproach him- 

 self, gave it one more turn from top to bottom, 

 and then we loaded up the basket and the net with 

 the four fish (13J Ib. in all) and set our faces for 

 home, with high resolves for the morrow. 



