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Tims spurt, which is pursued with gr^-at eagerness Ijy many 

 of our eity anglera, lias for its scene the various channels, bays, 

 shoals, reefs ami mud-llats of our harbours, the great land- 

 locked lagoons along our coasts, and many places in the Kast 

 lliver, and Long Island, as well as in the estuaries of all the larger 

 ri\ers from the capes of the Chesapeake to Massachusetts Bay. 



It is pur>Ufd in boat^, \> liieii arr rowed from spot to spot, and 

 anchored over the various reefs and shoals, or in the \icinity ot 

 sunken reefs, about which these tish are sup[)«»sed to abound, 

 according to the state ami \ariatiou of the tides. The Hsh 

 usually taken are the Siiueteacjue or Weak I'lsh, the Barl) or 

 King Fish, the Tautog or IJlack Fish, tin Striped Bass, tin 

 Sea Bass occasionally, the Sheep's-head, the Big I'orgee, and 

 sometimes the Drum. 



For the Sea Bass, however, and the I'orgee, longer exeuiMons 

 are geuemlly neccs}«ary, as the best fishing for these is lui the 

 outer »ea-bnnks, in the Atlantic, whither steamers and sliMips 

 occasionally prm'ee<l \»ith companies for a day's amusenuiit. 

 In these, however, there is mor«t fre(|uentl\ more fun than 

 fishing, although HonietinuM ^ery good s|)urt is hail, and great ii 

 (|uantitic8 of tish are taken. 



