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rock bass, yellow bass, etc. all af- 

 ford good sport. Then there are the 

 various species of pike and pickerel, 

 sometimes of large size; the pike- 

 perch or wall-eyed pike, the black bass 

 of popular favor, and many other fish 

 of lesser note, yet eagerly sought for 

 and making the spice of variety in 

 fresh water fishing, alluring alike to 

 novice and expert. 



Pleasant memories of boyhood fish- 

 ing days are recalled in the practical 

 lines written by Isaac McLellan, the 

 poet-sportsman, under the title of 

 "The Little Sunfish of the Brook," 

 a poem so realistic that the veteran 

 angler will find therein a pen-picture 

 of his own youthful sport with rod 

 and line: 



"I remember those gay dawnings when life was 

 fresh and new, 



The rising mist above the vale, the skies of 

 heavenly blue, 



The old embowering groves kiss'd by the new- 

 born day, 



The dew-wet twinkling grass, the wayside wild- 

 flowers gay. 



I remember well the footpaths that to the brook- 

 let letf, 



The hazel-copse that o'er the lane a leafy arbor 

 spread ; 



