6 FISHING WITH THE FLY. 



sails to liis favorite river in a government vessel with 

 her officers in full panoply of brass buttons and navy- 

 blue. The President of the United States abandons 

 the well-worn star routes for more congenial by-paths. 

 Wealthy Americans in private yachts steam away to the 

 tributaries of the St. Lawrence, and clubs cross lines 

 on their exclusive casting grounds. The humbler cit- 

 izen, with more limited purse, betakes his solitary way 

 to the rehabilitated streams of Maine, enjoys fair sport, 

 and while he fishes, thanks the indefatigable Fish Com- 

 missioners of the State for the good work which they 

 have accomplished. 



So everybody is happy, and nobody left out ; and 

 therefore so long as the season lasts — Hurrah for Sal- 

 mon and Green Peas, and vive la Salmo Salar ! 



