The Young Nimrods in North America; A Book for Boys (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... the inhabitants of all tho region around there, and hundreds of people came to see hitn. He seemed to understand what it was all about; for alCATCHING A HAMMER-FISH. 159 ways when a storm came up he would go out on the beach and watch the ships as they sailed by. Happily he never had occasion to show his intelligence in the same way, as no other wreck was thrown there during his lifetime." "If you want to get back in good season," said the skipper, "we had better be on the home-stretch before long. The wind is likely to drop soon, and besides, we shall have the tide against us after four o'clock." The Doctor gave the word, and the cat-boat was speedily on the way to the bar, which she passed with the last of the flood-tide. By five o'clock they were at the little dock where the boats of the Olympic Club make their landings, well pleased with the result of the day's trip. "What kinds of fish have you taken to-day?" the commodore asked, as soon as the party was seatedunder the trees in front of the dining-room of the club. "Oh, nothing but blue-fish," one of the boys replied. "We saw some men take a shark, and we passed by boats that had other kinds of fish on board. But there wasn't anything on our hooks today but blue-fish." "The Doctor must have changed his habits," the commodore remarked, "if he didn't have you catch at least one hammer-fish, He used to be one of the champions of that kind of sport." The Doctor smiled, and then explained to the boys that a custom prevailed once on a time among the club-men of allowing every verdant vis-, itor to catch a hammer-fish on his first excursion in a cat-boat. "The attention of the victim," said he, "is first attracted to s...