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They would creep up near shore and throw out their wire lines with various kinds of bait, according to what they wished to catch. THEY WOULD CREEP UP NEAR SHORE AND THROW OUT THEIR WIRE LINES WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF BAIT ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WISHED TO CATCH
tation. They construct little hammock cars so that when they are filled with human freight they float in the water. A simple device which we might call a fin propeller is used to force the car in one direction or another as necessity may require. It is possible to enter one of these under-streams and thus travel over two thousand miles; then, by rowing only five miles, enter the return current and move homeward. A car of special design is furnished by each community in which each bridal pair spends the Wedlock Ride, or the Honey-Moon, as we would call it. [Illustration: Fishing for Land Animals on a Planet of the Pole Star.] There is nothing more interesting about this race 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 inter-stellar journeys perhaps there was nothing so amusing to me as to see a company of these water creatures fishing for land animals. UNDERCURRENTS SIMILAR TO OUR GOLF STREAM THESE ARE USED BY THE INHABITANTS FOR TRANSPORTATION THEY CONSTRUCT LITTLE HAMMOCK CARS SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE FILLED WITH HUMAN FREIGHT THEY FLOAT IN THE WATER A SIMPLE DEVICE WHICH WE MIGHT CALL A FIN PROPELLER IS USED TO FORCE THE CAR IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER AS NECESSITY MAY REQUIRE IT IS POSSIBLE TO ENTER ONE OF THESE UNDER STREAMS AND THUS TRAVEL OVER TWO THOUSAND MILES THEN BY ROWING ONLY FIVE MILES ENTER THE RETURN CURRENT AND MOVE HOMEWARD A CAR OF SPECIAL DESIGN IS FURNISHED BY EACH COMMUNITY IN WHICH EACH BRIDLE PAIR SPENDS THE WEDLOCK RIDE OR THE HONEYMOON AS WE WOULD CALL IT THERE IS NOTHING MORE INTERESTING ABOUT THIS RACE 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
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