300 MISCELLANEOUS. 



lost the other three ounces after being taken out, and before 

 it was weighed. She caught three others that weighed sixteen 

 and three-quarter pounds, under like conditions. 



We also caught a number of pike weighing from two to 

 seven pounds each, but were not fortunate enough to get one 

 of the large muscalonge, though other parties took several 

 while we were there. Conductor James Shehan won the big 

 hook, with one that tipped the beam at twenty-one and a 

 half pounds after being dressed. A party from Antigo caught 

 one on Saturday that weighed twenty-three gross, and the 

 hotel keeper at Eland Junction fed his boarders all the fol- 

 lowing week on one that weighed twenty-five and a half 

 pounds gross ; but the boys watched him when he went to 

 dress it, and saw him throw away the two good-sized bould- 

 ers that he had forced down its throat before weighing it. 



Several others, equally large, had been taken during the 

 two or three weeks preceding our visit, but " there are as 

 good fish in the lake as ever yet were caught," and doubtless 

 enough of these lusty fellows yet remain to furnish grand 

 sport for everybody that may go there for several years to 

 come. 



