I.M\(i isi.vM) TIJ'HT l'l-lllN<i. :5:V.> 



noin-de-t/iifn'f of Cominodort' Linibrirk, a I'liaractcr in wliicli 

 lie liiis lijiurctl nmuy a day in the (.-olinnns of the " Spirit 

 of the Times," and who is universally allowed to be one of 

 the best anil most experienced, as well as the oldest fisherman 

 of that city. 



"After havinj; fished all the niorniu};, with \arious sueeess, 

 in the pond, he ascertained, it seems, that \n the pool below the 

 mill there was a li>h of extraordinary size, whieh Lad lieiii 

 observed repeatedly, and tished for constantly, at all hours of 

 the day and evcuin;.'. with evi'ry diflerent variety of bait, to no 

 purpose, llearinj; this, he betook himself to the miller, and 

 there having verified the information which he had received, 

 and Imving satisfied himself that neither fly ni>r minnow, 

 gentle nor red-worm, would attract the great Trout, he pro- 

 cured, horrtsco reffrens, a mou.te from the miller's trap, and 

 proceeding to troll therewith, took, at the first cast of that 

 inordinate dainty, a fish tl^d wciirhed four pounds and three- 

 (juarters ! 



■' Another fish or two of the like dimensions havi* been taken 

 in Liff. Snedecor's and in Carman's streams ; and it is on ret-ord 

 that, at Fireplace, many years since, a Trout was taken of eleven 

 pounds. A rough drawing of this fish is still to be Keen on the 

 wall of the tavern bar-room, but it has every appearance of 

 being the sketch of a Sailmon ; and I am iidormed by a 

 thorough sp<jrt»man, who renuMnl)ers the time and the occur- 

 rence, although he did not hcc the fish, that no doubt was 

 entertained by experienced anglers who did sec it, of its being 

 in truth n Salmon. 



" In the double pond aiuoiig the Mu.«iconetcong lldls, on the 



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