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by many an excellent fish. In the very small lakes, 

 the grey or salmon- trout does not exceed four or five 

 pounds ; but in the large lakes it is sometimes found 

 of the weight of thirty, or even forty pounds. 



I have, within this day or two, purchased " Adven 

 tures of an Angler in Canada, Nova Scotia, and the 

 United States," by Charles |Lanman. I have not 

 time to make extracts from this work ; but it tells of 

 taking one hundred and sixty trout in an afternoon, 

 single-handed, and of himself and two others taking 

 seven hundred of the same kind of fish in one day ; 

 such great sport in salmon fishing, spearing pike, and 

 other sporting adventures, that it is enough to induce 

 a sportsman to take the voyage, in the hope of enjoy, 

 ing the same kind of exciting, healthful amusement. 



I did not set out with the intention or promise of 

 giving minute instructions as to the manner of angling 

 generally, because there are so many excellent works 

 already upon the subject; all I proposed to perform 

 in that way is, to communicate the observations I 

 have made during the course of a long, and healthy 

 life, with which a beneficent Providence has blessed 

 me. And I trust the brief anatomical, and physiolo 

 gical observations I have made, and referred to, may 

 stimulate others to follow up the very interesting 

 subject, and further enlighten the world as to the 

 wonderful arrangement of the organisation, habits, 

 and probable reasoning powers of aqueous animals. 



