34 SPORT IN NORTH A3IERICA. 



hillock beneath which his father and mother had 

 reposed for many years. 



• And so ends this preliminary chapter of a series 

 of fishing sketches. It seemed to me that this 

 picture of the American fisherman was a good 

 example to humanity, for, according to the precepts 

 of old Isaak, he was Virtue's friend, trusted in Pro- 

 vidence, had a tranquil spirit, and only fished ivith 



III.— THE FISHING-EAGLE OF SARATOGA 

 SPRINGS. 



Onk evening, by one of the finest moonlights 

 that ever illuminated the giant banks of the Hudson, 

 I got on board one of those floating mansions which 

 navigate that great water-way of the United States, 

 setting out on my mission as a journalist to visit 

 that fashionable watering-place where all the beaux 

 and belles of New York (especially those who are 

 called in good Saxon the Cod-fish aristocracy— \i\ 

 allusion to the way in which the majority of their 

 fortnnes have been made) are accustomed to con- 

 gregate. I need scarcely say that I spent as much 

 of the night as possible upon deck, and only sought 

 my berth after smoking a good many prime Havan- 



