WILD PASTURES 



luck to your fishing, and the red-eyed 

 vireo pipes his sleepy note in the trees 

 above. And all day long you shall catch 

 fish if you will but bait your hook and 

 drop it in. First you will thin out the 

 sunfish, for they are the most alert and 

 gamy of all. Talk about trout! You 

 should try landing a half-pound sunfish 

 on a gossamer tackle and a very slender 

 pole. The sunfish is the Lepomis gib- 

 bosus of the ichthyologists and is a close 

 relative of the rock bass, and just as 

 game. He has been irreverently dubbed 

 " pumpkin seed " in some places, from 

 his shape, which is that of a pumpkin 

 seed set up on edge. Here in eastern 

 Massachusetts he is just plain " kiver," 

 which is the oldtime uneducated New 

 Englander's pronunciation of the word 

 " cover," given him, no doubt, because 

 he is round and flat. He is as freckled 

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