lines, which are carried across each other 

 with a rush that betokens an interesting 

 tangle among them. And there, too, the 

 hook you have just taken from the mouth 

 of the Barracuda and tossed again into 

 the water is taken by a bright object 

 darting from below, the instant the line is 

 straightened and the hook is under full 

 headway. Four fish are now dashing and 

 flashing about on the ends of the four 

 lines, and all the lines but the one last 

 thrown out are in such a tangle that it is 

 best to leave them and get in the last line 

 before it, too, is added to the rope into 

 which the other three are fast being spun. 

 Be careful now of your fingers, for you 

 have caught a fish stronger and more ac- 

 tive than the Barracuda. The line runs 

 from right to left and back again through 

 the water, throwing up ridges of foam in 

 its rapid course. But though slowly the 

 line is taken up, each sidewise run of the 

 fish is bent nearer and nearer the boat. 

 It feels as if it weighed a hundred pounds ; 



nevertheless, it is coming. And now, as 



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