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" The Memory of Isaac Walton and Charles Cot- 

 ton." The members of the Pitsburgh Angling 

 Club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company, are still 

 flourishing in full vigour, at the advanced age of 

 ninety-eight years. It appears from these state- 

 ments that there are angling clubs formed in seve- 

 ral parts of North America. Editor. 



Protection of the Ocean Tribe. In order to 

 protect a number of the ocean tribes from the 

 prying eyes of their enemies, or perhaps to assist 

 them in seizing their prey, the Creator has as- 

 signed them a style of colour exactly according 

 with the sands or seaweeds among which they har- 

 bour. Miss Roberts's Sea-side Companion. 



Rat caught by Line and Hook. May 27th, 

 1816 : As Mr. Josiah Carter, late vicar of Salis- 

 bury Cathedral, was fishing in the Itchen stream, 

 for trout, he caught a large male rat, which mea- 

 sured, from nose to tail, eighteen inches, and 

 weighed five pounds and a half. 



Sporting Mag. June, 1816. 



Retreat of the Natives of the Ocean. The 

 bed of the surrounding ocean is most admirably 

 adapted for the retreat and preservation of the 

 natives of the deep. Instead of a level and sandy 

 bottom, liable to be disturbed by the storms of 

 the northern region, it consists of deep valleys and 



