66 Fishing in North Carolina. 



sooner, and go home tired and lucky if you have 

 creeled twenty-six beauties averaging two ounces 

 each. 



For this kind of sport a pair of shoes is 

 absolutely the only article of clothing that is 

 necessary. Nobody will see you, nor would it 

 matter in that Adam and Eve country ; and you 

 will get warm after freezing half an hour. 

 Wading boots are no good at all, because you 

 are likely to drop neck-deep at any moment. 

 Were it possible, it would be better to have your 

 shins on behind, as the rocks are very hard, and 

 you will likely have a calf in front of your 1^ 

 next morning. 



The best catch I ever made was sixty-five fish, 

 and half a pound was the biggest in the bunch ; 

 but, by the way, he was caught by the man who 

 acted as my guide. I did not take him along 

 another time, as I thought, I might have caught 

 that fish myself. 



