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the members of the club, where they recount their exploits 

 over their tea and coffee, with broiled bluefish, striped bass, 

 and scopogue, or with broiled chicken and beefsteak, the ten- 

 der of congratulations to my friend for his success, and the 

 stories of successful takes by some, and of parting tackle with 

 others, acted as charming opiates to witch away the time ; 

 and when we rose from table we saw our yacht hove-to, and 

 the sails flapping an invitation for us to step on board. With 

 great reluctance and regret we parted from the members of 

 the West Island Club, and the most attractive five-acre island 

 in America. 



The sail to Cuttyhunk was remarkably interesting, present- 

 ing views of the picturesque landscape, alternating with vil- 

 las and foliage on Massachusetts shore, and the group of Eliz- 

 abeth Islands and Martha's Vineyard, with No Man's Land 

 peering above the waves far out in the ocean. We arrived be- 

 fore lunch-time, and, having examined the trout preserve, the 

 black bass and white perch ponds, and taken each a couple of 

 striped bass from that incomparable stand, " Bass Rock," we 

 adjourned to dinner, where we were regaled with choice vi- 

 ands, wines, and the recital of angling exploits by the mem- 

 bers of the club, who are justly celebrated as amateur experts 

 with rod and reel. 



After dinner we shook hands as an an revoir, mais pas 

 adieu, and ran over to Pugne Island, to drop in upon John 

 Anderson, Esq., and learn from him what charms he could 

 see in his little island home of a hundred acres to induce a 

 millionaire of his industrious proclivities and habits with- 

 out a knowledge or taste for field-sports or yachting to 

 shut himself out thus from the enjoyments of the greatest 

 and most social city in the Union his birth-place, where he 

 has, by enterprise, accumulated a fortune, and possesses one 

 of the finest residences in the metropolis. He informed us 

 that the charming climate, with the constant feast to his eyes 

 in scenery, made up of the main land and the islands, with 

 the ever-changing aspect of the sea, filled his soul with rap- 



