Fish Stories (1919)
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Henry Abbott's collection of angling anecdotes gathers tall tales, outdoor observations, and comic fishing lore. (Open Library)
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- Waterbury watch
- Abbott retells a fishing tale in which George loses a Waterbury watch overboard, then later finds it inside a pickerel, still running.
Source text: Boardman in his book, "Lovers of the Woods," tells how his guide, George, while fishing in Long Lake, lost his Waterbury watch overboard. Several days later, he caught a big pickerel and in dressing it found his watch inside, still running. (Project Gutenberg ebook 34672)