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"I'll try a worm and look for a perch or two," answered the small lad.
He soon had his line out and baited up and began to troll at the
end of the boat. In a few minutes he got a bite and pulled up
a fair-sized perch. A sunfish followed, then a sucker, and then
two more perch.
"What's the matter with that?" he asked, rather proudly.
"Nothing at all, Giant," answered Shep. "Shall I help?"
Giant agreed, and soon Shep had brought in another perch. By
this time they had come to a suitable landing, and the rowboat
was turned in and hauled well up on the shelving shore.
"I fancy this will make a good camping spot for to-night;" said
Snap. "In the morning we can decide upon what we want to do next."
"All right," said Shep. "Let us start up a camp-fire and make
ourselves 'to hum,' as the old folks used to say."
Any quantity of dry sticks were to be had, and they had brought
with them both an ax and a hatchet, so they soon had the sticks
reduced to a proper size for burning. Near the shore were a number
of bushes, and they cut out a spot in the center of these and
over the top spread the canvas they had brought with them.
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