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of your liiu- to a i-lct-t in tlu* stt-ni of the boiit, tlicii whirl out 

 the sijuid to the whole U'lii^th of your line, and play it with 

 both hands lilternatcly. Tlu' tish will strike itself, and is to be 

 hauled in with a rcj^ular even pull, never jerked, nor yet 

 slacked for an instant, for if it he, the fish will (liscn}?a}j;c him- 

 self almost certainly. 



When you tack your boat, if the water be shoal, haul in your 

 line, else shall yon foul it in the sea-weeds. 



^Mien you have hooked your lish, raise your squid with the 

 hook uppermost, and a slight shake shall east him into the 

 bottom of the boat. 



Babylon, Islip, and Quoprue, on Long Island, in Fire Island 

 inlet, and Pine inlet, Shrewsbury, S(iuam-Beach, ami Barnegat, 

 in New Jersey, the estuaries of the rivers in Connecticut, and 

 the tide-ways in Bostoi\ harbour, are all favourite grounds for 

 Blue fishing. 



To conclude : there is no plcasanter summer day's amuse- 

 ment than a racrrj' cruise after the Blue Fish, no plcasanter 

 close to it than the elam-bakc, the chowder, and the broiled 

 Blue Fish, lubricated with champagne, learnedly frappve, and 

 temperately taken, no unpleasant medicine. \Vhat adds most 

 to the zest of such a day, is the presence of the charming sex, 

 this being one of the few sports of field or flood in whieh they 

 can femininely, and therefore fittingly, i)articipate. For the 

 rest, you may take lUue Fish, .sny the philosophers, of thirty 

 pound.s' weight, though I doubt it. Of four and five pounds 

 you ahull catch him surely ; if of eight, rejoice ; if of ten, sing 

 l-jcans, — for that is a triumph. 



