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Show SOME REMARKS ON GULLS But in old times men used to come over from Hull's Cove, fishing through the ice, and they caught"then followed the usual piscatorial legends of antiquity. But the Gypsy girl and I were not to be disheartened by historical comparisons. We insisted on putting our living luck to the proof, and finding out for ourselves what kind of fish were left in Jordan Pond. We had a couple of four-ounce rods, one of which I fitted up with a troll, while she took the oars in a round-bottomed, snub-nosed white boat, and rowed me slowly around the shore. The water was very clear; at a depth of twenty feet we could sec every stone and stick on the bottom-and no fish I We tried a little farther out, where the water was deeper. My guide was a merry rower and the voyage was delightful, but we caught nothing. Let us set up the other rod, while we are trolling, and try a few casts with the fly as we move along. I will put the trolling-rod behind me, leaning over the back-board; if a fish should strike, he would hook himself and I could pick up the rod and land him. Now we will straighten out a leader and 266 She took the oars and row~:d me slowly around the shore |