. The fall of the year. Natural history. CHAPTER m IN THE TOADFISH'S SHOE WAS winding up my summer vaca- tion with a little fishing party all by myself, on a wharf whose piles stood deep in the swirling waters from Buzzards Bay. My heavy-leaded line hummed taut in the swift current; my legs hung limp above the water; my back rested comfort- ably against a great timber that was warm in the September sun. Exciting ? Of course not. Fish- ing is fishing — any kind of fishing is fishing to me. But the kind I am most used to, and the kind I like best, is from the edge of a wharf, where my feet dangl
. The fall of the year. Natural history. CHAPTER m IN THE TOADFISH'S SHOE WAS winding up my summer vaca- tion with a little fishing party all by myself, on a wharf whose piles stood deep in the swirling waters from Buzzards Bay. My heavy-leaded line hummed taut in the swift current; my legs hung limp above the water; my back rested comfort- ably against a great timber that was warm in the September sun. Exciting ? Of course not. Fish- ing is fishing — any kind of fishing is fishing to me. But the kind I am most used to, and the kind I like best, is from the edge of a wharf, where my feet dangle over, where my "throw-out" line hums taut over my finger, in a tide that runs swift and deep and dark below me. For what may you not catch in such dark waters? And when there are no " bites," you can sit and wait; and I think that sitting and waiting with my back -against a big warm timber is just as much fun now as it used to be when I was a boy. But after all it is fish that you want when you. 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 Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-. Boston, New York [etc. ] Houghton Mifflin Company
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