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Many kinds of fruit, growing on the land, are sought after by the masters of the water. In the season when certain fruits are ripe whole expeditions go out to gather them. MANY KINDS OF FRUIT GROWING ON THE LAND ARE SOUGHT AFTER BY THE MASTERS OF THE WATER IN THE SEASON WHEN CERTAIN FRUITS ARE RIPE WHOLE EXPEDITIONS GO OUT TOGETHER
the manner in which they pluck land fruit and catch land animals, and yet when you compare this with our world, it is the same to them as fishing is to us. In all my inter-stellar journeys perhaps there was nothing so amusing to me as to see a company of these water creatures fishing for land animals. They would creep up near shore and throw out their wire lines with various kinds of bait, according to what they wished to catch. Then followed the inevitable waiting until some innocent Jullep or Petzel would grasp the tempting morsel on the hook. A skillful jerk fastened the victim, and instead of pulling him in the water, the fisherman held his breath and rushed out of the water to get his prize. This has been found to be a safer method than trying to pull the prize into the water. These water dwellers relish certain land animals more than we do fish. Of course the land strips are not inhabited by human beings, but vegetation is abundant, similar to that found in our tropical regions.  CE OF BEINGS THAN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY PLUCK LAND FRUIT AND CATCH LAND ANIMALS AND YET WHEN YOU COMPARE THIS WITH OUR WORLD IT IS THE SAME TO THEM AS FISHING IS TO US IN ALL MY INTERSTELLAR JOURNEYS PERHAPS THERE WAS NOTHING SO AMUSING TO ME AS TO SEE A COMPANY OF THESE WATER CREATURES FISHING FOR LAND ANIMALS THEY WOULD CREEP UP NEAR SHORE AND THROW OUT THEIR WIRE LINES WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF BAIT ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WISHED TO CATCH THEN FOLLOWED THE INEVITABLE WAITING UNTIL SOME INNOCENT JELIP OR PETZEL WOULD GRASP THE TEMPTING MORSEL ON THE HOOK A SKILFUL JERK FASTENED THE VICTIM AND INSTEAD OF PULLING HIM INTO THE WATER THE FISHERMAN HELD HIS BREATH AND RUSHED OUT OF THE WATER TO GET HIS PRIZE THIS HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A SAFER METHOD THAN TRYING TO PULL THE PRIZE INTO THE WATER THESE WATER DWELLERS RELISH SHIRT LAND ANIMALS MORE THAN WE DO FISH OF COURSE THE LANDSCRIPTS ARE NOT INHABITED BY HUMAN BEINGS BUT VEGETATION IS ABUNDANT SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN OUR TROPICAL REASONS 
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