Some people might have been puzzled how to get the lines, but we were not to be defeated in our object.  We procured them by cutting off a small portion of the two hobbles, which consisted of long strips of deer-hide, and plucking some hairs out of our horses' tails.  The deer-hide we cut into thinner strips, which served for the upper part of the lines, while the lower were formed of the hair platted together.  We thus in a short time had two good lines, to which we carefully secured the hooks.  Having caught some grasshoppers, we determined to try them for bait; while our spears served us for fishing-rods.  Hunger made us keen sportsmen, and never had I felt so anxious for success.