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There were knights of shot-gun and rifle, 



Disciples of rod and the reel, 

 Each telling some tale as a trifle ' ,/ 



To add to the company's Aveal. 

 There were stories of camping and shoofiing, 



All told with abandon and zest, 

 But the fish tales seem'd to be suiting 



The taste of the brotherhood best. 



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A^^^tty part^r. of iJ. anglers, eminent 

 in their respective^ lines o|<^ business, ^rf^t^ 

 eqvii^lly fanxpus 'fpr skiU in listing their 

 ■fishjtig/ lines Ui p,l«tian^r|4^ces, had 

 Jasseofifeled on the Tpahl^V JiOl^-^iire^gf&at 

 Xaitvfeiess Ri/t er^l^the North, and were 

 ,>e«^5^ing t§§&gfl^'\ous sppr^^H^'-be had 



W-iis incumbent" upon "each^n^M^ber to tell 

 ** an o'er true tale," or fish st6rvri^fere- 

 -4j|;6^1cing ^Sip^and_ the following col- 

 lectfon froiii^ the Records of the historian 

 of the party, can^^be:;taken c««?^^raf«o 

 salis,, or with due faith in the everlast- 

 ing truth of fishing fables in gen&ral, 

 and these in particular. 



