146 Fisher aft 



AN ANGLER'S ALPHABET 



A is the albacore, caught on the troll, 

 B is the black bass, fighting for goal, 

 C is the crappie, or strawberry bass, 

 D is the drum-fish, in ocean en masse, 

 E is the eel, of river and sea, 

 F is the flounder, of flat form is he, 

 G is the grayling, fast fading away, 

 H is the herring, for food and for play, 

 I is the inconnu whitefish best known, 

 J is jack-salmon, or pike-perch no drone, 

 K is the kingfish, preferred to the cod, 

 L is the lake trout, fit for the rod, 

 M is the muscallonge, tiger in fight, 

 N is the namaycush, angler's delight, 

 O is the ouananische, salmon land-locked, 

 P is the pike-perch lakes are well stocked, 

 Q is the quinnat, Pacific coast salmon, 

 R is the rock-fish, for masses and mammon, 

 S is the salmon, of fishes the king, 

 T is the trout, how its praises do ring, 

 U is an unknown, find if you can, 

 V is vermilion-fish, quite a small clan, 

 W is the weakfish, caught 'neath sea-foam, 

 X is the X-ray the x left to roam, 

 Y is the yellow-tail, found off the coast, 

 Z is the "zip-fish," a Miinchhausen boast. 

 WILL WILDWOOD. 



