I,t>N(; ISLAND TKOUT KISIIIM;. 'M'.\ 



ilt'tcrioiiiteil very riipidly, and that, altliuiifxli wt-ll-slockrcl witli 

 small tisli 1)1" fair tlavoiir ami nuality, Tiuiit are rari'ly tukLii ul 

 such a si/.e as to riMuuiu'ratc the I'M'rtions of a good iishcnnan. 

 Haifa [)i)uiiil may be taken as n r/uod avern«»e of the fisli killed 

 here, liia i-reek below, w here the tide makes, there are, of 

 course, tish, but 1 iievi'r have heard of much work beiiit; done 

 ill it ; and in truth, e\ee[)t that this is the first southern pond 

 of any note, 1 would hardly advise the angler to pause here. 



" About a mile ami a half further eastward is a large pond, 

 and a fine house, both recently constructed at a great expense 

 by Judge Jones — the former exclusively designed as a Hsh-pond. 

 The place has, however, passed out of his hands, ami the house 

 is kept as a hotel by one of the Snedecors. The pond has 

 hitherto been private, but is now open, though with a limita- 

 tion. It is well stocked with fish of a fair size. \Vhcn I was last 

 there, a fornight since, a gentleman had taken eight lish, 

 weighing as many pounds, \\ith the lly that morning. Tin- 

 largest did not exceed a pound and a half, l)iit they were hand- 

 some, clean, well-fed fish, and, as the day was anything but 

 propitious, easterly winds, and very raw and ei»ld, I considered 

 it fair sport. He had not been tishing above a couple of hours. 

 I understand, however, that there are many Pike in this pond, 

 and in the stream that supplies it ; and I mueh fear that this 

 must ultimately prove destructive to all the fish in the water, 

 although those resident on the spot a.ssert that the Pike never 

 grows in that region to above half a pound, and nux-ly to that 

 weight, and that little, if any, detriment is observed to arise 

 from hi.s presence. 



'* This, however, I cannot believe, for the growth of the Pike 



