. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. '/'yont-/'ishiiif( hi the Rdtt^c/cy Lakes. 365. â iy hard labor 1>) tin: ^uidc in |>olin;^ or in pulling ihc hoal fivcr llu: fre- quent shallows, and â ^Y<:;i\. caution is to jjuard a^^ainst such a |j as the- jjcncil of that enthusiastic and scientific sportsman, l)r. )â¢. X. Otis, has reproducf;d on the 'jpposite pa^e, wlnre an wmtx- p(:ct«:d push b\ the j^iu'de's pole or the sudden striking of the boat's
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. '/'yont-/'ishiiif( hi the Rdtt^c/cy Lakes. 365. â iy hard labor 1>) tin: ^uidc in |>olin;^ or in pulling ihc hoal fivcr llu: fre- quent shallows, and â ^Y<:;i\. caution is to jjuard a^^ainst such a |j as the- jjcncil of that enthusiastic and scientific sportsman, l)r. )â¢. X. Otis, has reproducf;d on the 'jpposite pa^e, wlnre an wmtx- p(:ct«:d push b\ the j^iu'de's pole or the sudden striking of the boat's bow upon the pebbly bottom sftnds the surprised fisherman, heels over head, into the bottom of his boat, while his htader and Hies are sure to become securely hooked in the loftiest overhan^iiij,^ branch within leach. Siill, the (Jiscomfi')rts of these (^xcursions up the Kennebago or Cupsuptuc streams are sure to be rewarded with sfjnie rare sport. Nor is th(; fishing in tin: open lake without its (occasional sur- prises. I very well remember an incident which happened ujion the ./ccasion of my first visit to (,'amp K(;nnebaj'e, hen I was a tyro in trout fishinj^, and had not Ix^m fully ini'tiat* d in the use of the fly. .My boat was at anchor some distance beiow " Stony iJatter," and with humiliation I confess that i was anj.^lini( with a minnow. I'or a hall hour or more there; had bc(;n no si'.,fn (if a trout my vicinity and 1 had laid my [lole across the lH;at. with the biiit imder tife Suddenly thenr was a " ; Hefori I (onld seize iiu' p'^le, the trout had carried tlv line direct]) under ili<- boat with such a ru^h as l() snap tiie rod â which I ou^ht tn sa\. in justice to the professifjnal makers, was a ch'; store rodâinto two or three pieces. 'I he trout ( icaped, as he des'TV'd to do, and for one- I could not help cot.'fessin^ myself oul^'d. This mishap, (.'f course, put an end to my fishini; l
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