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the ocean coasts and in bays and rivers 

 where rocks abound. 



My fish have been those of two and 

 three pounds in weight. I have caught 

 these in the Hudson River and from the 

 sod banks on Staten Island and in the 

 coves of the Jersey shore. 



My best striped-bass fishing was en- 

 joyed on Barnegat Bay, north of Toms 

 River, seven or eight miles south of Bay 

 Head, and the very best results were ob- 

 tained at Beach Haven, thirty miles from 

 the head of the bay, and about the islands 

 of Little Egg Harbor and near the light- 

 house at Forked River. 



I have also enjoyed many a fine day on 

 the shores of Staten Island at Oakwood. 

 I have my companion's memorandum of 

 a particular outing here: "July 15: We 

 anchor a small boat within twenty feet of 

 the beach, and cast on the sunken mead- 

 ows over which the surf is breaking. As 

 the tide grows older we moor closer in 

 shore, so that at no time do we fish in 



