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dozen. There is generally since, an abundant supply. 

 The plumb line is the favorite, with a snood of horse hair, 

 with from three to six small hooks, mounted on a tapering 

 angling rod, of from twenty to twenty -five feet in length. 



The deep sea is used in deep water, merely as an extra 

 line to be only occasionally observed, and is generally 

 found to secui'e at ebb tide, a quantity of fine blue catfish, 

 esteemed most excellent from the pure spring waters of 

 Schuylkill . 



Our good housewives would be amused at the singular 

 spectacle of a busy group, with coats off, or in summer 

 roundabouts, and the other comfortable and very conveni- 

 ent disguise of a fisherman's equipment. She might too 

 with reason notice, gross innovations on the established 

 usages of the domestic culinary department. The rules 

 however, with seeming ungallantry, exclude their amia- 

 ble presence on these occasions, and the attention of gen- 

 tlemen is undiverted from other less agreeable duty on 

 Company days, in which all are expected to engage, be- 

 cause all participate in the succeeding festive and exhile- 

 rating enjoyments. 



It is very properly contra regulam et rationem, either 



to cleanse the steaks by loashing off the exuding juices^ 



before they are committed to the gridiron, or io facilitate 



their escape by puncture with a common fork in frequent 



tuining, or to butter the chosen /a^ beef, or sprinkle it 



with high seasoning in the process, nor are they taken off 



the coals, until the ^'■Ho! steaks ready^^ note of preparation 

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