. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. i ! Striped Rass. 467. I HUM Mil, , (IIASKII I IMI AS I |!.,|Mn I oN). fro. 'I'Ik; surf risen uilli llu: tide, llu: water is someuliai liirliid and Idled with small floating' particles of kelp or sea salad, whi( li attach themsiK'cs to the line and (â aii^<- it lo look, when slraimhlened out, like a miniature clothes line. ( )ccasionaIl\, a wave will dash up aj^ainst the shelving rock on whic h we stand, and, ImakiniL^ into l
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. i ! Striped Rass. 467. I HUM Mil, , (IIASKII I IMI AS I |!.,|Mn I oN). fro. 'I'Ik; surf risen uilli llu: tide, llu: water is someuliai liirliid and Idled with small floating' particles of kelp or sea salad, whi( li attach themsiK'cs to the line and (â aii^<- it lo look, when slraimhlened out, like a miniature clothes line. ( )ccasionaIl\, a wave will dash up aj^ainst the shelving rock on whic h we stand, and, ImakiniL^ into line spray, s|jrinkle us , and as salt water dries hut slowly, we an; graduall)'. hut none the less surety, drenched lo the skin. Suddenly, without the slii^dit<st indication of the presence of ganKJ-fish, our line str,ii;.diteir. out, we strike (|ui(k and hard to the hook well in, the xnX i-lves with fearful rapidit\- and the taut line cuts through the like ,1 knile, as a lari^c hass dashes away in his tirst m,id run, and r,iL;e lendini^ him a stren^rth apparently much l)e)'ond his weight. ( )f course, under the cin um stances, the strain on the fish is ^radii,ited, hut the weight ol line alone which he; has to through llu water would he enoui^h to exhaust even a fiflx pounder, ;md he soon tires sulficieniU to <'nal)le us to turn his heail toward land. .\s we jiilot him nearer to the ilij lJi:i m m n\ 'rlliiJ i|| m iili:,!]:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897. New York : Century
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