Paddling under Palmettos — page 58: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 53 him give a shout, and, looking out, saw that he was engaged in a tussle with a fish of huge proportions. He succeeded in getting the gaff-hook into it after much hard work. Upon towing his captive to the shore it proved to be a monster channel bass, or red- snapper, weighing twenty-three pounds. “Fun enough?’ asked Dick, looking at the per- spiring fisherman, Archie tossed his head. “Well, if you call it fun to tow a log, perhaps I’ve been having a jolly time; but for my part I’d sooner | hitch on to a two-pound, small-mouthed bass up North than one of these fellows, any day. But they eat well, and he was fairly game at times.” And Archie was ready to do his share of the work at mealtime. That night they again slept in their boats, the shore being sandy and with no good camping ground. Gomichboo cS (E(0)