Three Men in a Boat

How many people, on that voyage, load up the boat till it is ever in danger of swamping with a store of foolish things which they think essential to the pleasure and comfort of the trip, but which are really only useless lumber. And they would run along, carrying heavy bags, and fight round the door to get in first. Leslie has depicted the fight; Hodgson has imagined the scene, “After the Fight”—George, the work done, enjoying his pint of beer. They finally rested upon a dusty old glass-case, fixed very high up above the chimney-piece, and containing a trout.