Striped Bass Fishing 



by his pale gills that he had literally 

 " fainted away." A scrutiny of his body 

 soon brought to light the cause. One of 

 his side fins was found bitten off nearly in 

 its full size, close to his side. He had ev- 

 idently been chased by a shark, or some 

 other voracious fish, which had bitten him 

 in this manner; and in desperation the poor 

 fellow had rushed into the shoal water, 

 where, stranded and almost lifeless, he lay 

 when I saw his tail. After being ashore 

 for fifteen minutes the color of his gills 

 slowly returned to their natural brilliant 

 scarlet. Of course a comparatively short, 

 because unsuccessful, sojourn on the stand 

 sufficed, and we returned to the house in 

 triumph, to experience not the least of 

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