Front matter
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WITH Rod AND Line IN Colorado Waters.
DENVER: CHAIN, HARDY & CO. BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS. 1884.
WITH ROD AND LINE IN COLORADO WATERS.
“Wha ever heard o’ a gude angler being a bad or indifferent man?”
—Noctes.
DENVER CHAIN, HARDY & CO., Booksellers and Publishers. 1884.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, by CHAIN, HARDY & CO., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. DAVID ATWOOD, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, MADISON, WIS.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Many Years Ago7
Over the Range14
Fisherman’s Luck22
Agapae31
Black Lake in 187838
Egotism and—Rods51
Troublesome57
Meteorological64
Mules71
Music and Meteorology77
Philosophy85
An Idle Morning at Grand Lake93
Camping with Ladies and—the Baby99
Boys and Burros107
He’s No Sardine124
Under Difficulties131
His Sermon141
“Poor drudge of the city! how happy he feels With the burs on his legs and the grass at his heels; No Dodger behind, his bandannas to share; No Constable grumbling: ‘You must n’t walk there!’”
—Holmes.