. Cobb's Bill-of-fare. his lair equipped foreven the simplest fishing expedition unlesshe had sawed off about ninety dollars worthof fishing knickknacks on you. Let us say, then, that you have mortgagedthe old home and have acquired enoughfishing tackle to last you for a whole you go forth, always conceding thatyou are an amateur fisherman who fishes forfun as distinguished from a professionalfisherman who fishes for fish—and you getinto a rowboat that you undertake to pullyourself and that starts out by weighing halfa ton and gets half a ton heavier at eachstroke. You pull and pull u
. Cobb's Bill-of-fare. his lair equipped foreven the simplest fishing expedition unlesshe had sawed off about ninety dollars worthof fishing knickknacks on you. Let us say, then, that you have mortgagedthe old home and have acquired enoughfishing tackle to last you for a whole you go forth, always conceding thatyou are an amateur fisherman who fishes forfun as distinguished from a professionalfisherman who fishes for fish—and you getinto a rowboat that you undertake to pullyourself and that starts out by weighing halfa ton and gets half a ton heavier at eachstroke. You pull and pull until your spinebegins to unravel at both ends, and yourpalms get so full of water blisters you feelas though you were carrying a bunch ofhothouse grapes in each hand. And aftergoing about nine miles you unwittingly an-chor off the mouth of a popular garbagedump and everything you catch is second-hand. The sun beats down upon you withunabated fervor and the back of your neckcolors up like a meerschaum pipe; and after. EVERYTHING YOU CATCHIS SECOND-HAND Cobbs Bill-of-Fare 121 about ten minutes you begin to yearn with agreat, passionate yearning for a stiff collarand some dry clothes, and other delights ofcivilization. If, on the other hand, I am being guidedby an experienced angler it has been my ob-servation that he invariably takes me to aspot where the fish bit greedily yesterdayand will bite avariciously tomorrow, but,owing to a series of unavoidable circum-stances, are doing very little in the bitingline today. Or if by any chance they shouldbe biting they at once contract an intenseaversion for my goods. Others may catchthem as freely as the measles, but toward mefish are never what you would call infec-tious. Im one of those immunes. Or elsethe person in charge forgets to bring anybait along. This frequently happens whenI am in the party. One day last summer I went fishing in theSavannah River, and we traveled miles andmiles to reach the fishing-ground. We foundthe water
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