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TiiH i;aim'>. oii KiX(; fish. 



Tills is, in all respects, si better and liner fish, both tor the 

 eajjlDr or the epienre, than the hist. 



He is with ns, at New \ ork, a summer lish of pjissnpc, and 

 is, it is nmch to be lamented, heeoniin*; yearly more and more 

 rare. 



In Mr. Brown's " American Angler's (luide," it is stated that, 

 " As :i j;amc fisli, he is considered ns giving more real sport 

 than the Trout, Hass, or Salmon. Ilis name and whereabouts 

 has only to l)c wliispcrcd to tlic New York angler, and he is olV 

 after sport that he has perlia{)s antieii)atcd for years." 



Now, to tliis I must record my positive dissent ; for tliough 

 it may be, and is, very true that tlu- King Fish is a great 

 favourite with the New ^'ork angler, that he is a game fisli, 

 biting briskly in those seasons when he is tound abnndantlv in 

 these waters, and ofTcring resistance both longer and stronger 

 than any other small salt-water fish — still no one — except those 

 jolly old cwlgcrs who consider patience demonstrated by sitting 

 still in an anchored boat, and comfort evidenced by the conso- 

 lation of the inner-man with beef sandwiches and cold l)randv- 

 and-water — would dream of considering it belter sport to sit for 

 Imnrs, between Black Ti»m and the Jersey shore, with no hope 



