. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Coming Events. Sept. 16—Twelfth Saturday Fly-Casting Contest. 3tow Lake, 2:30 p m. Sept. 17—Twelfth Sunday Fly-Casting Contest. Stow Lake, 10 A. M. Bonito Fishing at St. Helena. "We had dropped anchor of! JameB Town, St. Helena, the previous evening, and bearing from the natives that there were plenty of bonito to be caught I determined to have a go at them next morning. As bad lack would have it next morning proved to be a Sunday, and we had to go through the tireeome routine of muster and inspection,so it was quite 10:30 a. M. before I managed to get the
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Coming Events. Sept. 16—Twelfth Saturday Fly-Casting Contest. 3tow Lake, 2:30 p m. Sept. 17—Twelfth Sunday Fly-Casting Contest. Stow Lake, 10 A. M. Bonito Fishing at St. Helena. "We had dropped anchor of! JameB Town, St. Helena, the previous evening, and bearing from the natives that there were plenty of bonito to be caught I determined to have a go at them next morning. As bad lack would have it next morning proved to be a Sunday, and we had to go through the tireeome routine of muster and inspection,so it was quite 10:30 a. M. before I managed to get the required leave from the skipper, and with two chosen friends, who for tbe sake brevity I shall call A and B, rushed down below and hastily doffed our uniforms, substituting a flannel shirt and old pair of trowserB, which with a good broad brimmed hat com- pleted onr costume. Our boat, manned by two very dirty and ancient-looking negroes, lay at the gangway awaiting U3, and we hastily tumbled in and were rowed away from the ship about 200 yards and made fast under the stern of a pretty little Amer- ican whaler. None of as had any rods with us, so we had to be content with the native ones, which consisted of a stout bamboo about 10 feet long, to tbe end of which was strongly whipped about a fathom of very stout line and a large hook. Oar dusky friends then proceeded to catch us some bait which they Bet about in the following manner: Tbey first squeezed a handfal of bread under the water, which immediately attracted a large shoal of what I think must have been some aort of mackerd fry about the size of a eprai; they then pro- duced ashort line and ordinary triangle book; this was geotly lowered into the midst of the shoal, and with a quick upward jerk of the hand one or more of the bait were transfixed. With these we baited our lines, passing tbe hook through the back of the fiBh, and allowing it to flop about on tbe top of the water, our boatmen meanwhile throwing in handfal
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