But I have not yet told how the latter, the king of the herring race, does act.

On being hooked he makes a powerful rush for a hundred yards or so; then he springs straight up high out of the water, as much as six to ten feet, shakes his head exactly as a terrier does with a rat, falls back to make another rush and another noble spring.

He will make many springs before you dare take liberties and approach the landing shore.

But the peculiarity of this fish is that his runs are not all in one direction.

His second run may take quite a different line; and at any time he may run and spring into or over your boat.