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the grass edge, landing a ten-pounder 

 on the porous sand ? Hast thou flown 

 over the surface of the water, the sun 

 shining clearly and the breeze blowing 

 freshly, the trailing line fairly pinched 

 by sensitive fingers, and nearly killed 

 thyself in the animated struggle with a 

 game bluefish ? Hast thou lazily bobbed 

 for scup or cunners, until listlessness 

 has been supplanted by intense interest 

 through the mediumship of a lively 

 school ? Hast thou made one at a shore 

 party, where the finest bivalves and the 

 freshest fish constituted viands which 

 all pronounced fit for a kingly feast, and 

 which thine own hands had assisted in 

 taking from the cool depths within the 

 hour ? Hast thou measured distance 

 with a fleet yacht, trying her points 

 closehauled or free, and foimd that in 

 thus forgetting the cares and troubles 

 of the world, and becoming absorbed in 

 out-door life, a glow of health and 

 strength, such as you never before ex- 

 perienced, had resulted along with the 

 exhilaration of beating a friendly rival ? 



WINDMILL ON CAPE C(jL. 



And dost thou delight in all these and 

 similar things ? They are found no- 

 where else in such profusion and per- 

 fection as in Buzzards Bay and its 

 neighborhoods. Hereabouts on land or 

 water, the entertaining side of Old 

 Ocean is found in aspects superior to 

 those presented but by few other local- 

 ities. 



Cape Cod, Nantucket and Vineyard 

 waters, as well as those of Buzzards 

 Bay, furnish especially the grounds in 

 boatinsf for blue fish. 



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KIIOUE ISLAND SHORE SCENE. 



