112 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 



less, however, catching but few fish and killing 

 too little game to materially affect the supply. 



It is the attractive feature of these preserved 

 waters that they can only be fished by those hold- 

 ing official permits to do so. In starting for a 

 pool, your anticipations of sport are not disturbed 

 by the apprehension that it may have already been 

 seized and held by some " earlier bird " than your- 

 self. It is all your own, to make the most of how 

 and when you please. This conscious security 

 comports with the leisurely habits of the true 

 angler, and prevents those feelings of envy, strife 

 and jealousy which are too often excited when one 

 finds a favorite bit of water swept by a bevy of 

 bait-fishers and lashed into foam by their whip-cord 

 lines and heavy sinkers swung out from " larraping 

 rods" huge enough to lift a leviathan. Here 

 you pay for what you have, and you are sure to 

 have what you pay for. No sly departures ! No 

 lying awake all night to "steal the march" of 

 your neighbors in the morning ! No studied decep- 

 tion ! No unseemly racing to get ahead of u the 

 other fellows ! " Your assigned pool waits for you, 

 whether the fish do or not ; and you cast without 

 haste or fear of disturbance, as the honored guest 

 takes his ease in his inn. How many weary miles 

 I have paddled and tramped among the Adiron- 

 dacks to get out of the reach of the huge army 



