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et ceteras, the ladies retire for a short nap and the gentlemen for a 

 social cigar; then, as evening approaches, back to the hotel, there 

 to doff the flannel shirts and fishing-dresses, and once more to 

 assume society clothes and manners. 



Many, however, prefer solitary sport, or with a company of two or 

 three gentlemen only; and by starting in the early morning, long trips 

 can be made, far down below Grenadier Island. There, in the more 

 shallow portions of the river, striped with long beds of water-grasses, 

 green and purple, undisturbed by the turmoil and commotion of 

 passing steam-boats, the indolent pickerel lies tranquilly in the 

 secluded tangle of his own especial retreat ; or huge black bass, 

 reaching sometimes to the weight of five or six pounds, stand guard 

 along the edge of the grass, waiting for some unwary minnow or 

 perch to pass. At rare intervals are spots where the savage mus- 



kallonge, the tiger of fresh- 

 water fish, lies hidden among 

 the water-grasses in solitary 

 majesty. Sluggishly he lies, 

 glaring with his savage eyes 

 to right and left of him, watch- 

 ing for his prey. He sees a 

 minnow in the distance, appar- 

 ently twitching 

 and wriggling in 

 a very eccentric 

 course ; a mo- 

 ment the monarch 

 poises himself, 

 with waving fins, 

 then, a sudden 

 sweep of his 

 majestic tail, and 

 he darts like a 

 thunder-bolt up- 

 on his intended 

 victim. The next 

 moment the sharp 

 agony of the 



COOKING A CAMP PINNER. 



