. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . landlord he succeeded in getting the Four up morning, and theway the breakfast was demolished was a caution to every hotel-keeperto be careful in entertaining strangers at regular rates. The first thingin order proved to be a novel ride upon tin- c-ukjI. The boats wereattached by a long rope to an old gray horse, wliirli liy dint of muchclubbing managed to keep in a trot and convey the party to a ])oint somethree miles distant, where the services of the angular quadruped weredispensed with, the boats hauled over the canal bank into the
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . landlord he succeeded in getting the Four up morning, and theway the breakfast was demolished was a caution to every hotel-keeperto be careful in entertaining strangers at regular rates. The first thingin order proved to be a novel ride upon tin- c-ukjI. The boats wereattached by a long rope to an old gray horse, wliirli liy dint of muchclubbing managed to keep in a trot and convey the party to a ])oint somethree miles distant, where the services of the angular quadruped weredispensed with, the boats hauled over the canal bank into the river andthe .sport of the day comnHMncd. Despite the inexperience of some of the])arty the result was all tliiit tlir iiuist sanguine had anticipated,—the bassnumerous and the holes plenty, and the fish as game as ever that wereso unfortunate as to take hold of a minnow at the barbed end. The onlymishap of the day was Bens involuntary and wholly unexpected bath. Hehad \u-i-n l)o!dly rlainiiiiii- for hours that he was goinj;- to strike a genuine. 58 A Strike and the. Result. removed his number twelves, s:it (iii the Ikiw, and the waters of the Poto-mac laved his feet. In this awkwaicl pcisitimi he did strike a big one, andit was worth a days journey, to an nld hand at landing- a fish, to witnessthe predicament that black-bass put him in. Hn- fish, which was evidentlya six-pounder, pulled very hard, and lien, tiled of holding him with his lefthand, and reeling with his right, changed hands, got the reel upside down,and with his body bent over in the shape of an aggravated U he halloedat the very top of his voice for his oarsmen to bring the absurdit}^ of this request may !■ lust appreciated when it is statedthat he had fully fifty yards of lim- out, and the balance of it so tangled upon his reel and around his wrists that to wind was a total was the situation when he determined to, as he expressed it, snatchthe fisli bald-headed. The resul
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