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ty and perfection as in " Waquoit Bay,^^ upon 

 Cape Cod ; a place of well known resort, and to 

 which our remarks will more particularly apply. 

 Waquoit Bay is a large expanse of shallow wa- 

 ter upon the southern shore of Cape Cod ; it was 

 so called by the aborigines, who in this respect 

 were governed by the suggestions of nature, from 

 the resemblance of the sound of the word to that 

 which is emitted by the male quail at the time of 

 incubation; 



A number of small streams are discharged into 

 it, w^hich render its waters slightly brackish, and it 

 has but one narrow outlet to the sea. The soil 

 in the country generally, but particularly in the 

 neighborhood of this bay, is of a sandy, sterile qual- 

 ity, but nature, which has been rather niggardly 

 in this respect, has made ample amends, not only 

 in the superior quality of the trout of which we are 

 speaking, but of other fine fish, such as eels, basse, 

 &tc., with which its waters abound. 



There is another neighboring bay, called ''Pop- 

 ponesset,^^ upon the same shore, (scarcely less fa- 

 mous for the sea-trout than Waquoit,) into which 

 the celebrated Marshpee river flows, perhaps the 

 greatest resort of anglers in New England for the 

 sea-trout, after they have begun to ascend the fresh 

 water streams. When taken from the salt water 

 eai-ly in the spring, they are in high perfection, 



