r L Y-F ISHING IN THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER 



found no failure there, the Doctor closed his hold 

 on the bass, and after a few wild efforts the 

 fish floated on its side, and was carefully towed 

 toward and into the shallow water, whence its cap- 

 tor, running his fingers through the gUl, deftly 

 plucked it and held it up, exclaiming: 



"A four-pounder, by George!" 



Gills and Mendy gathered • around, and the 

 former whipped out his rule, and, laying out the 

 lines of the bass, announced the result: 



" Nineteen inches long — six and a half broad 

 — two and a quarter thick; mouth-opening capa- 

 city, two and three-quarter inches, — a simon-pure 

 Micropterus dolomiei — small-mouthed — probable 

 weight, four and a half pounds." 



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