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A number of perch, or bass as they are 

 termed in this part of the country, are caught 

 in the shallow water by the margin of the 

 lake and near the shore of the islands, but 

 they are mostly small, and undeserving the 

 angler's attention. Bass fishing may there- 

 fore be left to the novice who is incapable of 

 catching any thing else, and who returns to 

 his inn delighted with a string of perch, the 

 largest not bigger than a loach, and the 

 whole not worth the fat required to fry 

 them. 



The different streams in the neighbourhood 

 of Keswick all contain trout, but which are 

 seldom large, or caught in any considerable 

 number. Eight or ten pounds may some- 

 times be taken in favorable weather in the 

 course of three or four hours of steady fishing 

 during the best time of the day ; but a twenty 

 pound creel will seldom load the shoulders 

 of the angler, should he fish 



" From the first blush of morn to the last smile of eve." 



