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' lunge,' and as such I will hereafter refer to it. My 

 boatman said he had Oh, yes, of course seen 40- 

 pounders taken. This might be ; at any rate, from 

 sundry cross-examinations and comparisons, and a 

 good deal of conversation during a day on the lake, 

 I had reason to believe that during an outing of 

 four or five hours it was quite the usual thing to 

 return with a dozen and a half or so of fish of from 

 9 to 12 Ib. average. 



The season opens there as in England, on June 15, 

 and very little work is done ashore on that day. 

 Every canoe is requisitioned, and a certain register 

 which I scanned showed that during the first week 

 the previous year within a few pounds of a ton of 

 lunge and green bass had been landed daily by the 

 boats. To be sure the three or four Chicago and 

 other American parties who were there for fishing 

 during my visit had a different tale to tell, having 

 often returned with only perhaps a couple of fish 

 of 4 or 5 Ib., and this was so like our frequent 

 experience at home that I moderated my expecta- 

 tions before I started. 



The angler's equipment, I am bound to confess, 

 appalled me. The canoe would contain two besides 

 the boatman, but it afforded shockingly limited sitting 

 room, and each thwart barely sufficed for a single 



