He caught one muskallonge, after a period of patient waiting which he feels he also must call long, and once, when he thought he was hauling in a fine bass, he turned very red when the boatmen laughed at seeing him "cotch an eel."

Well, not so very much, with no heavier weight than Dick's; but there was reason in his remark that, "Dis yer's a mean boat to frow down a fish in, when you cotch 'i

Are not the beaver of more value to you, than any price you may receive for the land?" "Cotch him all, four, two year agorest run away.

" "He hole plenty of beaver, if you cotch him!But no water left, and he all go away.

Massa Will cotch him fuss, but had for to let him go gin mighty quick, I tell youden was de time he must ha got de bite.

I didn't like de look ob de bug mouff, myself, no how, so I wouldn't take hold ob him wid my finger, but I cotch him wid a piece ob paper dat

afore you cotch sight ob dis bit ob fly-away again.

he no cotch any more dis time!"

Blast his sowlthat hunter I mane, an' if iver I cotch him, may I be used for a flail if I don't settle his accounts.

he whispered, "and yees may cotch a fish that didn't nibble at yer bait.

'Cause I want to cotch a few beavers I must let this gal be, when she has been lost to her husband already for three months.

But she replied, 'Aunt Dora will run after me, and when she done cotch me, she'll stripe me well with the lash; she done tell so already.'

"Fus' Dan had 'lowed it wuz de oberseah w'at had cotch' 'im wastin' 'is time.

So one night I cotch' 'im down by de swamp on his way ter a candy-pullin', en I th'owed a goopher mixtry on 'im, en turnt 'im ter a mule, en got a po' w'ite man ter sell de mule, en we 'vided de money.

She had a pet rabbit, en you cotch' 'im one day, en she's been squarin' up wid you eber sence.

Mars Walker cotch 'im stealin' bacon, en gone en fasten' a ham roun' his neck, so he can't git it off'n hisse'f.

It wuz a week er two befo' he could git a chance ter speak ter her ag'in; but fine'ly he cotch her down by de spring one day, en sezee: "'Dilsey, w'at fer yer won' speak ter me, en purten' lack yer doan see me?

In less'n a week atter he gin dis warnin', he cotch a nigger in de hen-'ouse, en fill' 'im full er squir'l-shot.

I didn' wanter open de do', fer w'ite folks is monst'us pertickler 'bout dey smoke-'ouses; en ef de oberseah had a-come up en cotch me in dere, he mou't not

But none of 'em eber cotch

She tryin' ter cotch me but ah loves her terday fer dose races we had.

Spanish man done cotch me on de Tomoka an' ship me to Quebec.

Us all cotch us rabbits an weah de lef hine foots roun our nek wif a bag ob akkerfedity, yessum I guess dat what I mean, an hit shore smell bad an hit keep off de fevah too, an if a Yankee cotch you wif dat rabbit foots an dat akkerfedity bag roun youh nek, he suah turn you loose right now.

Us all cotch us rabbits an weah de lef hine foots roun our nek wif a bag ob akkerfedity, yessum I guess dat what I mean, an hit shore smell bad an hit keep off de fevah too, an if a Yankee cotch you wif dat rabbit foots an dat akkerfedity bag roun youh nek, he suah turn you loose right now.