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sitting on a bridge or the bank of a stream, angling 

 for suckers ? And what a happy expression they 

 bear on their faces, when they trudge home with a 

 string long enough to dragon the ground ! Many a 

 great man, and angler as well, has taken his first les 

 sons in fishing from catching the slow-going fish that 

 gains his subsistence by sucking the nutriment from 

 the stones on the bottom of the stream. 



The value of our common fresh-water varieties is 

 very great. They come in where they are most 

 needed, and with our extensive watered area, no one 

 need be denied the privilege of fishing, or cultivating 

 a love for this harmless and healthful pastime. When 

 the head of the family decides to take the little ones 

 out fishing, and they are all gathered in the boat, 

 each one furnished with a rod, no salmon fisherman, 

 with his rod bending under the strain of a twenty- 

 pound salmon, enjoys the fun with a keener delight 

 than the parents and children, as the perch and rock- 

 bass come flopping in over the side of the boat. 



CHAPTER XX. 



ANGLING FOR BLACK BASS. 



MANY who delight in angling,have doubtless caught 

 the black bass. I do not know of any one fish that is so 

 general a favorite with anglers as the genuine Small- 

 Mouthed Black Bass. He is so game and full of 

 pluck that he excites your admiration, and when 



