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Strified Bass. 



journey the full length of the 

 island, some twenty-two miles. 



As the stage route does not 

 extend beyond Chilmark, we 

 are transferred at Tisbury 10 a 

 buggy, with a bright school-boy 

 of some thirteen summers as a 

 driver, whom we ply with ques- 

 tions as to the names of local- 

 ities we pass on the route. 



We cross some noble trout- 

 streams on the way ; on one of 

 them notices are posted against 

 trespassers, the fishing privilege 

 being hired by two or three 

 gentlemen from Boston. These 

 streams look enticing, being full 

 of deep holes overshadowed by 



