These Hooks I
Baited With Fish Offal, Leaving Them To Float Just Under The Water.
Early Next Morning, I Saw A Fine Black Duck Fluttering Upon The
Line.
The boy ran down with the paddles, but before he could reach
the spot, the captive got away by carrying the hook and line with
him.
At the next stake he found upon the hooks a large eel and a
cat-fish.
I had never before seen one of those whiskered, toad-like natives of
the Canadian waters (so common to the Bay of Quinte, where they grow
to a great size), that I was really terrified at the sight of the
hideous beast, and told Sol to throw it away. In this I was very
foolish, for they are esteemed good eating in many parts of Canada;
but to me, the sight of the reptile-like thing is enough - it is
uglier, and far more disgusting-looking than a toad.
When the trees came into leaf, and the meadows were green and
flushed with flowers, the poor children used to talk constantly to
me of their father's return; their innocent prattle made me very
sad. Every evening we walked into the wood, along the path that he
must come whenever he did return home, to meet him, and though it
was a vain hope, and the walk was taken just to amuse the little
ones, I used to be silly enough to feel deeply disappointed when we
returned alone. Donald, who was a mere baby when his father left us,
could just begin to put words together.
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