human
What sort of a boy is he?
gpt
I don't know, replied Harry.
human
Some of the boys like him, but Ben. Lake says he's the biggest rascal in the village. He's got two or three guns, half a dozen fish-poles, and, by what I hear the boys say, he must be a capital sportsman. But he tells the most ridiculous stories about what he has done.
gpt
Well, boys, how many fish have you caught?
human
So many, answered George, holding up the string, which contained over a hundred perch and black-bass.
gpt
Have you caught any thing?
human
Not much to brag of, answered Charles;
gpt
I hooked up a few little perch just behind the point. But that is a tip-top string of yours.
human
Yes, pretty fair, answered Harry.
gpt
You see we know where to go.
human
That does make some difference, said Charles.
gpt
But as soon as I know the good places, I'll show you how to catch fish.
human
We will show you the good fishing-grounds any time,
gpt
Oh, I don't want any of your help. I can tell by the looks of a place whether there are any fish to be caught or not. But you ought to see the fishing-grounds we have in New York, he continued.
human
Why, many a time I've caught three hundred in less than half an hour, and some of them would weigh ten pounds.
gpt
Did you catch them with a hook and line?
human
Of course I did! What else should I catch them with? I should like to see one of you trying to handle a ten or fifteen-pound fish with nothing but a trout-pole.
gpt
Could you do it?
human
Do it? I _have_ done it many a time. But is there any hunting around here?
gpt
Plenty of it.
human
Well, continued Charles,
gpt
I walked all over the woods this morning, and couldn't find any thing.
human
It is not the season for hunting now, said George;
gpt
I'd just like to go hunting with some of you. I'll bet I can kill more game in a day than any one in the village.
human
I'll bet you haven't got any thing in the village that can come up to this,