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wooden boat for bass fishing. To be brief, it is 

 a light running boat 12 feet long, and 3 feet 

 wide from stem to stern unless you want it 

 coffin-shaped and pretty so that' it will get 

 jammed between stumps or trees just when you 

 least want to make any noise, or jar the water. 

 This is the best boat, yet unbviilt, except by 

 myself; cheap, easy running, and safe enough 

 to stay on top of the water as long as man and 

 boat care to keep company. 



But there are steel boats, compartment and 

 non-compartment built, light, easy running, un- 

 sinkable and nearly imperishable; the pioneer 

 and the best is the MuUins boat, which is good 

 for the rich sportsman and cheap enough for 

 any man who fishes. 



!tfext we come to the rod, and whether it be 

 a split bamboo Touradif, a Bristol steel rod, a 

 greenheart, or a common cane, aU are entitled 

 to the respect of the handler. Kod, line and 

 hook combined can catch but little game, if the 

 master spirit is a whole or half-witted bigot. 



It is an invidious task to prescribe for any- 



