188 THE LONG ISLAND PICKEREL. 
and tlie young fry do not live where he resorts. It is 
not from want of will but of power that he is harmless, 
for he will take a small fly with the same ravenous eager- 
ness that the mascallonge exhibits in seizing the deadly 
spoon. He is fat and free from bones, and not a bad 
pan fish, and in these particulars, as well as in habits 
and appearance, he sets his big brothers a good 
example. 
