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Nayatt (Prov. W. B.) Narragansett Bay M m.; tautog (blackfish), bass, bluefiKh 

 flatfish, ctinners etc.; tautog most numerous in season; soft shell clams, mussels, 

 fiddlers, crabs etc. as baits; May, June, September and October best; hotel at rea- 

 sonable price; boats can be obtained. Some trout are caught in adjacent brooks in 

 the spring, and there is fairly good pickerel and perch fishing to be had. 



River Point (N. Y. & N. E.) North and South Branches of Pawtuxet r. '4 m.; 

 b. b., pickerel etc.; bass most numerous; usual baits and seasons; hotels at moder- 

 ate prices; boats and bait 50c p. d. 



Tiverton (O. C. See page XIV.) Seaconet r. near station; tautog (blackfish), 

 scup (porgy), bass etc.; clams, fiddlers, crabs etc. as baits; May, June, September 

 and October best; no regular hotels, but private boarding houses can be found; 

 boats 25c p. h.; bait cheap. 



Warren (O. C. Seepage XIV.) Kickemuit r. (fresh water)! m.; Palmer's or 

 Warren r. near station; Narragansett Bay 2 m.; tautog (blackfish), scup (porgy), 

 striped bass, also pickerel, perch, etc. in fresh water; clams, mussels, crabs and 

 the usual fresh water baits; May 15 to October 15 best; last of ebb and first of flood 

 tides best; hotels $1.50 p. d.; rowboat with guide $2 p. d.; sailboat do. $4 to $5 p. 

 d. Excellent fishing in both bay and rivers. 



Washing-ton (N. Y. & N. E.) Mishneck p. 2 m.; Flat River Reservoir 1m.; Tio- 

 gree p. 1 m.; first and last best; trout, pickerel and perch, the last most numerous; 

 shiners and angle worms as baits; April to November best; boarding houses $1 p.d.; 

 boats and baits reasonable. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Adams Bun (Chas. & S.) Pon Pon or Edisto r. 15 m.; rockfish (?), trout, bream, 

 shad and mullet, the two latter being most abundant; worms and cut bait used; 

 February to September best; "neap" tides best. 



Ashepoo (Chas. & S.) Ashepoo r. near station; trout, (b. b.), perch, bream, rock 

 (?) etc.; bream mostabundaut: worm bait; summer months best. Wethinkthe "rock" 

 so called above, is the striped bass, but it is very difficult to identify a fish by the 

 local name prevailing in the Southern States. Last of ebb and first of flood tide 

 best. 



Belcloc (P. R. & A.) Beldoc p. and cr. near station; bream, trout (b. D.), jack 

 (pike) etc.; bream most numerous; worm bait; April, May and June best; boats 

 and bait can be had. 



Branchville (South C.) Edisto r. 2} 4 ' m.; perch, trout (b. b.), jack (pike), rock 

 (?) etc.; worms, sawyers and live bait; May, June and July best; hotels $1.50 to $2 

 p. d. ; guides boats and bait at moderate cost. 



Branson (P. R. & A.) Coosawhatchie Swamp 2 m. ; Youmans Mill 5 m.; Cope's 

 Mill 10m.; Salkehatchie Swamp 10m.; perch, trout, (b. b.), pike, catfish etc.; worm 

 bait mostly; June and July best; hotel $1 p. d.; bait at very moderate cost. Better 

 fishing in the Savannah r. 16 m. distant. 



Campbellton (P. R. & A.) Coosawhatchie 2> m.; Jackson branch 4 m., and 

 Savannah r.; Jackson branch best; bream, trout (b. b.), catfish etc.; trout and 

 bream most numerous; earth and Catawba worms as baits; May, June, July and 

 August best; boats and baits can be had. 



Charleston (Several r. r. and s. s. lines) Atlantic Ocean 10 m.; blackfish, bass, 

 whiting, trout, porgies, sheepshead and other varieties; blackfish, whiting and trout 

 most numerous: shrimp and prawn as baits; spring and fall best; hotels $2.50 to 

 $4 p. d.; boats $2.50 to $5 p. d. Last of ebb and first of flood tides best. 



Coosawhatchie (Chas. & S.) CoosaAvhatchie r. near station.; Tullifmny cr. 3 

 m.; last best; in fresh water, trout (b. b.), perch, bream etc.; in salt water, mullet, 

 shad and rockfish (striped bass); worms and live bait used; May and June best; 

 boats can be had, but not needed much; last of ebb and first of flood tide best. 

 The salt water mullet is said to take a worm-baited hook very freely in the above 

 waters, especially in the months of May, June, July and August; if this is so (and 

 there seems no doubt of it), it is the only ground known to us, where they can be 

 caught with hook and line. The "rockfish," so called here, is the striped bass of 

 the north, and doubtless the same rule holds good in all Southern States. In Mary- 

 land and Virginia this nomenclature has prevailed from time immemorable. 



Early Branch (P. R. & A.) Salkehatchie r. 3 m.; Coosawhatchie r. 4 m.; first 



