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their sportsman-like spirit might be, they did not develop 

 the great spirit of co-operation. If they did, they might 

 be the most powerful body of men in the kingdom. There 

 was very little doubt that the anglers would be found in 

 overwhelming numbers compared to fox-hunters, pigeon- 

 shooters, coursers, or any other description of sportsmen, 

 and it was inevitable that it should be so, because in a great 

 manufacturing country like England, it was certain that the 

 men who had to spend their lives in hard work, would 

 devote their leisure more frequently to the sport of angling, 

 which had a peaceful tendency. With regard to the intro- 

 duction of the black bass, he did not gather from what 

 Mr. Goode said, that he desired it to be introduced into any 

 body of water containing salmonidae, because such a course 

 would be simply suicidal. They might as well let out all 

 the pike and perch of the Avon into some of the Hamp- 

 shire trout streams, or other waters tenanted by trout, and 

 hope to have the race of trout prosper. He recognised most 

 fully the fact that the black bass was a grand sporting fish, 

 and a good food fish, and a fish which might be of essential 

 use if introduced into such waters as the Serpentine, or some 

 of the ornamental park waters, such as the Welsh Harp and 

 other places of like character. Why the powers that be 

 should debar London anglers from fishing in the Serpen- 

 tine and other waters of a like character, he did not know, 

 and if they had the black bass thoroughly established, in 

 due time they might have as many black bass clubs as 

 there were in America. With regard to the question of 

 swans on the Thames, he would say a word or two. The 

 previous day he went out fishing on -the Thames, and saw 

 to his great regret, that in spite of the immense amount 

 of damage done by swans, not only were the swans on 

 the Thames increasing, but there were absolutely bills 



