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only exhibited in the hottest of weather, it may be best 

 accounted for in the old verse : 



"Tho sun, from its pcrpernhciilnr height, 

 Illumined the depths of the sea; 

 The fishes, beginning to sweat. 



Cry, 'Dang it, how hot we shall be ! ' " 



There are several kinds of fish that attract the at- 

 tention of the arrow-fishermen. Two kinds only are 

 professedly pursued, the "carp" and the "buffalo." 

 Several others, however, are attacked for the mere pur- 

 pose of amusement, among which we may mention a spe- 

 cies of perch, and the most extraordinary of all fish, the 

 "gar." 



The carp is a fish known to all anglers. Its habits 

 must strike every one familiar with them, as being emi- 

 nently in harmony with the retreats we have described. 

 In these lakes they vary in weight from five to thirty 

 pounds, and are preferred bv arrow-fishermen to all 

 other fish. 



The " buffalo," a sort of fresh-water sheep's-head, is 

 held next in estimation. A species of perch is also 

 taken, that vary from three to ten pounds, in weight ; 

 but as they are full of bones and coarse in flesh, they 

 are killed simply to test the skill of the arrow fisher- 

 man.* 



• Tlie carp, to which we allude, is so accurately described in 

 its habits in "Blane's Encyclopedia of Rural Sports," when 



