THE SMELT. 



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ing ; as the whole pond, which covered about three acres, was 

 BO frozen over as to admit of skating. When the pond was 

 drawn, the fishermen considered they had never seen so fine a 

 lot of smelts." 



Several years since the same experiment was tried with 

 almost equal success at Jamaica Pond, on Long Island, with 

 this exception, that although equal in flavor and quantity, they 

 do not grow so large in size. 



They are taken in considerable quantities in the rivers and 

 bays that run up from the eastern coast, and also in the Passaic, 

 Hackensack, and other small rivers of New Jersey, from which 

 latter place the New York market is supplied during winter. 



