306 APPKNDIX. A. 



For my own part, I care little for any species of Fiwliing, but 

 fly-fishing for Trout or Salmon, and perhaps for Black Bass— 

 though 1 have never tried them ; but trolling or spinning for 

 Bass and Maskalonge is said to be excellent sport for those who 

 affect. 



The art piscatorial is, comparatively speaking, little under- 

 stood or practised in the United States, bait-fishing being all 

 in vogue, even for Trout, and an accomplished fly-fisher — 

 though the number of them is now increasing, rara avis in ter- 

 ris nigroque similUma cycno. 



With these few hints, I cry hold, enough — there is matter 

 for a volume on the subject ; and a most excellent one might be 

 compiled and written on the subject. In the meantime, I com- 

 mend my friends and readers to the beautiful American edition 

 of Walton's Angler, with notes and addenda, lately published 

 by Messrs. Wiley and Putnam of New York, under th(^ auspices 

 of that distinguished scholar and divine, the Rev. Dr. Bethune, 

 of Philadelphia. 



