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clear from the water and shaking his head furiously, to throw 

 the hook loose from his jaw, before surrendering to his fate. 

 In Wilson's Bay, a sweet place, three nriles from the village 

 by water, or one and a half by land, we caught as many 

 inore on another afternoon. We took a sail-boat and glided 

 round Lighthouse Point (a pleasant drive of two miles from 

 the village), out into the lake, and steered for Grenadier 

 Island, five miles distant, on which we tented for the night, 

 and the bass we brought home the next day were something 

 worth looking at. Near the upper end of Long Island are 

 other prolific bass shoals, where the fisherman may enjoy 

 himself. Indeed, he can scarcely go amiss in the surround- 

 ing waters. 



The black bass of the St. Lawrence are not only game 

 fish, but are, in excellence of flavor, scarcely excelled by any 

 fish of this country. Baked or boiled, they have few supe- 

 riors, and as a pan fish, are excelled only by the brook-trout 

 of the streams. The season for taking them commences in 

 July, and continues through September. August is the best 

 month in the year for the bass fishermen. If, during that 

 month, he will supply himself with a strong bass-pole, a 

 strong treble-action reel, stout silk lines, and proper hooks, 

 and visit Cape Vincent, he will find boatmen with a supply 

 of minnows, ready to serve him ; and if he fails to enjoy 

 himself for a fortnight among the black bass of the St Law- 

 rence and Ontario, he may count himself as a man who is 

 very hard to please. 



We spent a pleasant week at Cape Vincent, and then 



