. The complete sportsman (compiled from the occassional papers of Reginald Drake Biffin). Horses. 66 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN so unsportsmanlike as to provoke the condemna- tion of all right-minded men. But I should be lacking in my duty to the reader if I forebore to mention the patent recently taken out by a French inventor for angling by means of a tele- phone—a system which would not be tolerated ^1. in any sporting country, and only requires to be described to earn universal reprobation. Certain fish, it is well known, emit faint sounds when alarmed or distressed: tench continue to croak lo
. The complete sportsman (compiled from the occassional papers of Reginald Drake Biffin). Horses. 66 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN so unsportsmanlike as to provoke the condemna- tion of all right-minded men. But I should be lacking in my duty to the reader if I forebore to mention the patent recently taken out by a French inventor for angling by means of a tele- phone—a system which would not be tolerated ^1. in any sporting country, and only requires to be described to earn universal reprobation. Certain fish, it is well known, emit faint sounds when alarmed or distressed: tench continue to croak long after capture, and the herring when engaged in mutual intercourse with his fellows makes a noise like a bereaved mouse. Upon this well-kno\^Ti fact the Frenchman bases his invention, and has contrived an apparatus con-. 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 Graham, Harry, 1874-1936. London : E. Arnold
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