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The fish at first 
behaved extremely 
and gave no trouble. On 
the pressure ceasing, he con¬ 
tented himself for a time 
with sulking or, probably, 
trying to extricate the 
spoon. Then he set off 
again, and twice ran out 
line to that hard-and-fast 
block. The risk of a smash 
was imminent and momen¬ 
tary ; and, as a forlorn hope, 
Ivar suggested landing with 
a view to coaxing (since we 
could not force) the fish into 
a strong by-stream on the 
south shore. Twice again 
during this operation the 
fish ran out his tether, and 
THE FERRY ON GALTEN-POOL 
