6 RECREATION 

The weight of care and 
are all lost 
nervous little Englishman who has un- 
consciously caused a bad mix-up of lines. 
‘“‘Hold on! Can’t you hold yourself a bit ? 
My line’s in there,”’ screams a woman from 
below. 
‘‘Quite so, quite so. I shall undo it,” he 
calls back to her gallantly. 
But it can’t be undone. It isa mix-up that 
would put many a latter-day matrimonial 
tangle to blush. Lines must be cut, but 
fortunately few tempers are injured. 
Many of these fishermen go every Sunday, 
rain or shine, and they understand the 
little inconveniences of the game. It is 
their rest and recreation from a week’s 
work. Yet in the crowded condition of 
the boat one man may be found baiting 
another’s hook by mistake. There are 
laughs then of wonderful contrasts and 
insinuations galore. 
The reels are making merry music and 
splash, splash, splash go the lines on the 
glassy surface of the water. Here and there 
exclamations of delight arise as nice 
catches are hauled in. When there is a 
possibility of some one losing a fish a 
dozen willing hands are ready to help 
secure it. Back and forth they surge from 
railing to bait-pots, with almost the pre- 
cision of the jackies we saw marching up 
and down the battleship an hour or so 
before. At the stern a dozen young women, 
all in white sweaters, are attracting their 
share of attention by their good luck and 
fetching appearance. The wind plays 
havoc with their locks, but that only adds 
charm to the picture they make. “Well 
done, thou good and faithful servant,” 
comments an accommodating neighbor to 
one of the girls, as he helps bring in her 
catch. All are so preoccupied with their 
own affairs that no one takes notice of the 
“camera fiend’? who manages somehow 
to get the picture of everybody on board. 
“Move the boat! Move the boat!’ call 
a hundred voices when no one seems to 
be having any luck. The boat is moved, 
of course. When the anchor goes down 
again the “first cast” scene is enacted all 
over again. Probably the boat will be 
moved several times and in the end 
wend its way over to Rockaway shoals to 
try again. Here a rowboat or two may be 
taken aboard which contain a fine lot of 
fish. These fish start the market for those 
on board who wish to sell their fish, and 
those who did not fish or had bad luck can 
purchase what they want at low prices. 
However, it is doubtful whether anyone 
ever confessed to having bought his string. 
Can you blame a man, when such big ones 
get away? 
All this time the restaurant is being well 
patronized. Over its entrance might well 
be hung the trite but appropriate motto: 
‘“‘Ham and Eggs Enlivening the World.” 
Folks on board eat hearty and often, as 
the salt air whets the appetite. “I have 
been in the restaurant five times to-day,” 
laughingly remarks one woman to her com- 
panion. And you do not doubt the state- 
ment. She looks the picture of health and 
is a splendid example of the benefits to be 
derived from a regular weekly outing. Itis 
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