AREOW-FISHING. 



In treating of tlie most beautiful and novel sport of 

 arrow-fishing, its incidents are so interwoven with ten 

 thousand accessories, that we scarce know how to sepa- 

 rate our web, without either breaking it, or destroying a 

 world of interest liidden among the wilds of the Amer- 

 ican forest. 



The lakes over which the arrow-fisher twangs his 

 bow, in the pleasant spring-time ; have disappeared long 

 before the sere and yellow leaf of autumn appears, and 

 the huntsman's horn, and the loud-mouthed pack, clamor 

 melodiously after the scared deer upon their bottoms. 



To explain this phenomenon, the lover of natui-e 

 must follow us until we exhibit some of the vagaries of 

 the great Mississippi, and, having fairly got our "flood 

 and field " before us, we will engage heartily in the 

 sport. 



