FISHHAWK VS. FLYING FISH. 



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The tishhawk is a most inveterate enemy of all the smaller species of 

 fish, and it is seldom that any inhabitant of the water can hope to battle 

 with this bird with any expectation of success, said Mr. Pettingill, the 

 Boston Advertising Agent. However, I once noticed a strife between a fly- 

 ing fish and fishhawk, which resulted in a victory for the former. The 

 fishhawk had pounced down on the flyingfish, which escaped the talons 

 of the bird, and then began the struggle for life. Of course the flvingfish 

 might have avoided the battle by remaining deep in the water, but the 

 unprovoked attack had evidently aroused its anger. The hawk hovered 

 close over the water, and the fish, with remarkable agility, would fly at it 

 from beneath, and finally it struck the bird in the middle of the body, pass- 

 ing entirely through, and killing the fishhawk on the spot. It was quite 

 an exciting affair, and my sympathies were with the flyingfish from the first. 



NO USE FOR THIS COUNTRY. 



The salmon in the streams in Washington and Vancouver will not rise 

 to a fly like their sportier cousins in Maine, said Dr. A. H. Haves, of Boston. 

 When the boundaries between the United States and the British posses- 

 sions were being surveyed. Great Britain sent a Sir W as h^r repre- 

 sentative to look over the territory, and to make a report to her Majesty 



the Queen. Sir W was an ardent sportsman, and seeing so manv 



salmon in the streams, he started after them with a fly, but the fish came 

 not up for the fly, neither did they bite any other artificial bait, and Sir 



W 's opinion of the country was expressed in his official report to the 



Queen, as follows : " The blooming country is not worth a d n, the 



salmon there will not rise to a flv." 



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