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this its first day, the brace recorded com- 

 pleted the bag, for no more big ones rose, 

 though the midgets were insatiable ; but 

 as the angler grew better acquainted with 

 the peculiarities of the stream his catches 

 improved, until one evening he returned 

 proudly home with five brace of fish, of 

 which the smallest was half a pound and 

 the largest was not far off a pound, a truly 

 remarkable basket for so microscopic a 

 stream. Pebbleville-on-Sea stands in a niche 

 by itself in the gallery of happy memories, 

 and the great literary undertaking has not 

 yet been inaugurated. 



