"The fish dropped off," said Harry. "I saw it. But it was only a
little one. It wouldn't have been any good."

"Poor Snoop!" said Mrs. Bobbsey. "All your trouble for nothing! You
didn't get the fish."

"Oh, I'll soon catch some more for her, won't we, Harry?" Bert asked.

"That's what we will," answered the country cousin.

"Now if yo' folks am all done fallin' ovahbo'd I'se ready t' gib yo'
all suffin t' eat," said Dinah, coming up from the dining-room.

"And I think we are ready to eat," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "This traveling
on the water has given me an appetite."

"I guess it has all of us," spoke Mr. Bobbsey with a laugh, as he
noticed the eager, hungry looks on the faces of the children.

"And give Snoop and Snap something good and hot, so they won't take
cold," suggested Nan. "Though I don't believe they will this weather,
it's so warm."

"I'm going to give my dollie hot chocolate," said Flossie, who, by
this time, had put a dry dress on her pet.

The meal was a merry one, though at first the children, especially
Flossie and Freddie, were too excited to eat. Then, too, it was so
strange eating on a boat that was moving through the water, for the