MEN I HAVE 



FISHED \V' TH 



SKETCHES OF CHARACTER AND INCIDENT WITH ROD 



AND GUN, FROM CHILDHOOD TO MANHOOD ; 



FROM THE KILLING OF LITTLE FISHES 



AND BIRDS TO A BUFFALO HUNT. 



BY FRED MATHER 



("KEGO-E-KAY"). 



Author of "Adirondack Fishes," "Trouting on the Bigosh," "A 



Gander Pull in Arkansaw," "The Death of 



Pongo" and Other Stories. 



WITH PORTRAITS. 



"For I had strength, youth, gaiety 



A port, not like to this ye see, 



But as smooth as all is rugged now ; 



For time, and care, and war have ploughed 



My very.soul from out my brow." 



Mazeppa. 



NEW YORK: 

 POKEST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 



1897. 



