"He caught three eels in a trap one day and the trap busted and let 'em loose in the boat.

He kept grabbin' and tusslin' around the boat till the last eel got away.

'I never had such a slippery time in all the days o' my life,' said Rans.
'One eel is a dinner, but three eels is jest a lot o' slippin' an' disapp'intment.'" "That's exactly the point I make," said Kelso.

"A man with too many eels in the boat will have none for dinner.

The city man is at a great disadvantage.