ARROW-FISHING. 61 
only exhibited in the hottest of weather, it may be best 
accounted for in the old verse: 
“The sun, from its perpendicular height, 
Illumined the depths of the sea; 
The fishes, beginning to sweat, 
Cry, ‘Dang it, how hot we shall be!’*” 
There are several kinds of fish that attract the at- 
tention of the arrow-fishermen. Two kinds only are 
professedly pursued, the “carp” and the “ buffalo.” 
Several others, however, are attacked for the mere pur- 
pose of amusement, among which we may mention a spe- 
cies of perch, and the most extraordinary of all fish, the 
The carp is a fish known to all anglers. Its habits 
must strike every one familiar with them, as being emi- 
nently in harmony with the retreats we have described. 
In these lakes they vary in weight from five to thirty 
pounds, and are preferred by arrow-fishermen to all 
other fish. 
The “ buffalo,” a sort of fresh-water sheep’s-head, is 
held next in estimation. A species of perch is also 
taken, that vary from three to ten pounds, in weight; 
but as they are full of bones and coarse in flesh, they 
are killed simply to test the skill of the arrow-fisher- 
man.* 
* The carp, to which we allude, is so accurately described in 
its habits in “Blane’s Encyclopedia of Rural Sports,” when 
