. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. ifl'l ,M m \ uf-^ 832 ^ /'/g/// icith a Tmiit. trout |)liinjf(!il into tlu; water with a hissinj;- soiiml, and went away ajfain with all tin; line on the reel. More l)iitt; more indij^nalion on the part of the captive-. The contest had now l)een Koin}.j on lor half an hour, and ! was j^^ettinj^f exhausted. We hail been l)ack and forth across tin: lake and round and round the lake. What 1 fiared was that the trout would start up the inh-t and wre
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. ifl'l ,M m \ uf-^ 832 ^ /'/g/// icith a Tmiit. trout |)liinjf(!il into tlu; water with a hissinj;- soiiml, and went away ajfain with all tin; line on the reel. More l)iitt; more indij^nalion on the part of the captive-. The contest had now l)een Koin}.j on lor half an hour, and ! was j^^ettinj^f exhausted. We hail been l)ack and forth across tin: lake and round and round the lake. What 1 fiared was that the trout would start up the inh-t and wreck us in the bushes. Mut he had a new fancy, and hej^an the execution of a maneuver which I had never read of lnst(!ail of cominjf straijj^ht toward me. he took a larjt^e circle, swimminjj; rapitlly, and gradually contractinj,f his orbit. 1 reeleil in, and kept my eye on him. Round and round he went, narrowinjj;' his circU;. 1 bej^^an to suspect the ^ame; which was to twist my head off When he had reduced the radius of his circle to about twenty-five feet, he struck a triMiiendous |)ace throuj,di the water. It would be false moilesty in a sportsman to say that I was not e(|ual to the occasion. Instead of turninj^ round with him, as he expected, I st(!pped to the bow, braced myself and let the boat swinjj;. Round went the fish, and round we went like a top. I saw a line of Mount Marcys all round thi; hori/on ; the rosy tint in the west made a broad band of pink alon},^ the sky above the tree- tops ; the evenin}f-star was a perfect circle of li^ht, a hoop of ijold in the heavens. We whirh.'d and reeled, and and whirled. I was willin<,r to j,dve the malicious beast butt and line and all, if he would only <^(^ the other way for a chauj^e. When I came to myself Luke was jj^afiinj^ the trout at the boat- side. After we had i(ot him in and dressed him he weij^hed three- quarters of a pound. I'Msh always lose by beinjj; " j^^ot in and ; It is best to
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