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the bait, and one of the lower hooks in the tail. These hooks are so 

 small that the bend will scarcely allow the barrel of a quill to rest in 

 them. The trollintr is done by rod and reel, each tisherman using two 

 at the same time ; the reels are improved by having a bearing upon them 

 instead of a catch, so that the rod may be laid down with the line ex- 

 tended without running out, unless struck by a fish or some obstruction. 

 When a fish seizes the bait, the oarsman quits his oars, the other rod is 

 handed to him, and he reels up the line to prevent its falling to the bot- 

 tom, or the fish from entanglement ; the trout then, as soon as suffi- 

 ciently drowned, is brought along side and secured by the gaff, which the 

 members of the Club have adopted in preference to the landing-net, 

 which they have abandoned. The speckled, or red trout of the lake, are 

 taken in a similar manner, but give much more sport to the angler 

 from their superior activity, dying game to the last. Those caught in the 

 outlet are taken by flies, and there is only one instance known when the 

 fly was refused for a minnow, and l)y 'a splendid red trout weighing 

 upwards of three pounds. They abound here in vast numbers, but 

 almost every pleasure in life has its drawback, and the drawback here is 

 of a very serious nature to the sportsman. In addition to the moschito 

 whose poison is to be found in every clime, there exists a small midge, 

 or punky, so small as to be almost invisible, and only perceived by its ef- 

 fects, which comes not heralded, as the moschito, by blowing its tiny horn. 

 But the most serious annoyance is to be found in the black fly, which is 

 about one-fifth the size of the house-fly, which, flying in myriads around 

 you, await but the favorable moment to pounce upon their victim, alight- 

 ing upon you at every assailable point, and drawing blood from you at 

 every minute artery, as if pierced with a lancet. But the injury does 

 not rest here ; it creates such an intolerable itching, equal to the worst 

 forms of ervsipelas, that you are induced to scratch it to relieve yourself, 

 thus adding" fuel to the flames, and producing a running sore that sometimes 

 lasts for w'eeks. They have a particular fondness for fresh subjects, but 

 when once the patient is inoculated with the poison, the difficulty becomes 

 less with every year's exposure, and the members of the Club having 

 served a long apprenticeship are, if permitted to use the expression, 

 almost acclimated ; and every preventive has been adopted in vain to 

 avoid this evil, even a veil has been found unavailable. 



In reference to the red trout of the lake, they find that they differ from 

 the same kind that are found in other parts of the State. The several 

 members have been long accustomed to trout fishing in almost every 

 part of State, where they are to be found, and all agree that they not 

 only differ in the intensity of the red, which approaches a cherry 

 color, but in the exquisite flavor of the fish when served up at the table. 



*^* In June of this year, the President of this club killed a red-Jleslied 

 Lake trout of 24 lbs. weight. 



