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water; ulicnci- tlu-ir i-oIdui-s arc li-ss brilliant, and their tlcsli 

 inferior in tiavitnr. 



In the Staite of New \i»rk they are of luirivalled excclienee, 

 anil arc found in vast nnnd)crs, especially in the streams of the 

 south side of Lonej Island, in the lakes and rivers of the north- 

 eastern conntit-s which di-hont-h into the l):isiii of the St. Law- 

 rence, and in all the streams of the sonth-western tier of counties 

 wliich find their way southwardly into the Delaware, the Sus- 

 quchana, and the Alleghany. 



All the waters of Nortlu'rn and West(>rn Penn>\ Ivania are 

 likewise admirably stocked with this delicious and j,'anu* fish, 

 nor has any one need to seek better sport than he can find at 

 Carman's or Snedecor's on Lonj; Island. In the Marshpee 

 river, on ("ape Cod, fanu)us as being the favourite fishing-ground 

 of that good sportsnnm and great statcsnuin, Daniel Webster; 

 in the Callikoon and Bcaverkill on the east, and the fine Penn- 

 .sylvanian streams on the west of the Delaware; in the net -work 

 of lakes and rivers which renders I lainilton County in New 

 V»>rk the angler's earthly paradise, or in the swift Canadian 

 streams which >well the St. Lawrence, from the .Michigan west- 

 ward to the Sault St. Marie, and upward to the head of Lake 

 Superior, sport is certain. 



The implements of the Trout-fisher are sinular except in size 

 and power, to those used in the capture of the Salmon ; but Jts 

 less strength is necessary to subdue, so is, perhaps, even greater 

 delicacy retjui.sitc to ensnare hinj. 



The Trout-rocl should be twelve feet long, and as pliant, 

 almost, as a coaichwhip, etpudly bending from the butt to the 

 tip. It should be comj)0!wd of hickor}*, lanccwoo<l, and baml)oo, 



