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The Angler and the Brook Trout 



" Better to hunt in fields for health unbought 

 Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. 

 The wise for cure on exercise depend ; 

 God never meant His work for man to mend." 



DRYDEN. 



ONG ISLAND affords 

 both fresh-water and 

 salt-water fishing. The 

 salt-water play is had in 

 the Great South Bay on 

 the south side and in 

 Long Island Sound on 

 the north. The fresh 

 waters consist of tiny 

 trout brooks, little 

 ponds and lagoons, smart rivers and lakes. 

 I recall a pleasant day along the smaller 

 trout streams. A half-mile from the Mer- 

 rick Road in South Oyster Bay there is a 

 large pond a natural reservoir of drink- 



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" One of the charms 

 of angling is that it pre- 

 sents an endless field for 

 argument, speculation, 

 and experiment." T. E. 

 PRITT. 



