Word: fishes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have come to the scene of our sport. The lines and hooks must be small, but of the very best quality. The salmon, a most active fish, as soon as it is caught by the hook, endeavors; naturally, in every way to get loose, jumping far out of the water, darting one way and another, and finally swimming off sometimes a mile, while we have to follow all the way, running over slippery bowlders, and at times up to the waist in water, always ready to give out or take in line, uncertain whether there is ten pound or fifty...
...hole in the ground, put it in, and then cover it with hot coals; when the black crust is scraped off, you will find some light and very palatable bread. For the first season, of course, the expenses are large in proportion to the number of fish caught, and for a single summer this plan cannot be recommended, except as an experience for one who can afford to pay. The first season is necessarily an initiation and in succeeding years the sport increases, while experience enables one to dispense with some of the guides, and to reduce all the expenses...
...sayin' to the coxswain, who says, "Can I do anythink, Lord Nelsing?" says he. "Nothink," says his lordship, quite hearty-like, and dies. SCENE NO. 3: The Pelican of the Desert, as mentioned by the Prophet Job in the Hacts of the Apostles, derived from two Latin words - peli, fish, and can, can - signifying fish-can. By some commentators thought to mean that he can manage fish; but by others supposed to refer to the size of his enormous bill, on vich he carries home his fish to his family, ven, in case of their running short, he nobly begins...
...order,E. W. CATE,F. C. FAULKNER,A. L. GOODRICH,Class Committee.WHY may Henry V. be likened to a fish? Because he was caught by a diet of worms. (Only the student in German history can appreciate the above...
Evidenced by the telltale fish...