LONOx ISLAND TROUT FISHING. 839 



nom-ile-yuerre of Commodore Limbrick, a character in whicli 

 he has figured many a day in the columns of the " Spirit 

 of the Times/' and who is universally allowed to be one of 

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

 of that city. 



"After having fished all the morning, with various success, 

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

 mill there was a fish of extraordinary size, which had been 

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

 the day and evening, with every difli'erent variety of bait, to no 

 purpose. Hearing this, he betook himself to the miller, and 

 there having verified the information which he had received, 

 and having satisfied himself that neither fly nor minnow, 

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

 cured, horresco referens, a mouse from the miller's trap, and 

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

 inordinate dainty, a fish that weighed four pounds and three- 

 quarters ! 



"Another fish or two of the like dimensions have been taken 

 in Liff. Snedecor's and in Carman's streams ; and it is on record 

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

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

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

 being the sketch of a Salmon; and I am informed by a 

 thorough sportsman, who remembers the time and the occur- 

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

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

 in truth a Salmon. 



" In the double pond among the Musconetcong Hills, on the 



