Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 407
Oo, ay, wi fear I m fashit sair, Ye 11 mind the bubblyjock* ? The bubblyjock ! What thing on earthMay that be ? says my lord.And then, amid a roar of mirth,They see, across the sward, A turkey-cock of stately size, Slow strutting into sight.Poor Jock beholds with quailing eyes, And quickly takes to… … WATER LIFE, AND HOW TO SEE IT. I had fished in the Trout Hole again and again, liftingfrom the water there my best catches of black bass anda great many more perch than I wanted,— for, on the St.Lawrence, it is the fashion to throw perch back. Butthough I had so often fished in the Trout Hole, all…
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