232 FISHING GOSSIP. 



to devastate the game and fish of their neighbours' 

 fields and waters. The resources of nature herself 

 would seem no longer adequate to meet the demands 

 of the summer swarms of pleasure-seekers. Like the 

 Roman matrons, she sinks beneath a plethora of gold 

 and the number of her invaders. 



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