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Collector of the Port of New York is distin- 

 guished. A better arranged camp, combining 

 more of good taste and comfort, never was 

 erected upon any waters. My only objection to 

 it was the fear that the recollection of it would 

 hereafter render me dissatisfied with the strag- 

 gling, disjointed, haphazard way in which I have 

 always hitherto been content to camp out. A 

 little sound judgment and good taste goes a great 

 way toward making even a fishing camp comfort- 

 able and attractive. I have often wondered how 

 tidy wives could bear, with such angelic patience 

 as some of them do, the careless ways of their 

 slovenly husbands. If, as some insist, nothing 

 more contributes to the happiness of a household 

 than habitual neatness, there must be at least one 

 very happy home in our great metropolis. 



On the morning of our second day on the river, 

 all hands were ready for work. The several pools 

 were properly divided ; each resorted to the one 

 to which he was assigned, with high hopes and con- 

 fident anticipations. And the result justified all 

 that was hoped for. Gen. ARTHUR, as was proper, 

 led in the score, although not in weight. Mr. DUN 

 stood next ; but Col. PELL had caught the cham- 

 pion fish. His first salmon weighed thirty-five 

 pounds ! It was a grand achievement, and he bore 

 his honors and good luck with becoming meekness, 



