Favorite Fish and Fishing 



North," and of our own Dr. Bethune and 

 Thaddeus Norris, could they " revisit the 

 glimpses of the moon," would view with 

 wonder and silent sorrow the tendency of 

 many anglers of the present day toward 

 strenuosity, abandoning the verdure-clad 

 stream, with its warbling birds and fra- 

 grant blossoms, for the hissing steam launch 

 and vile-smelling motor boat in pursuit of 

 leaping tuna and silver king. It goes with- 

 out saying, however, that considered as a 

 sport, fishing for these jumbos is highly 

 exciting and capable of infusing unbounded 

 enthusiasm, but it can hardly be called 

 angling. 



The Ethics of In the ethics of sport it may be ques- 

 tioned if there is not more real pleasure, 

 and at the same time a manifestation of a 

 higher plane of sportsmanship, in the pur- 

 suit of woodcock, snipe, quail or grouse 

 with well-trained bird-dogs, than in still- 

 hunting moose, elk or deer. In the former 

 case the bird is flushed and given a chance 

 for life, while in the latter case the quarry 

 is killed " as an ox goeth to the slaughter." 

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