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fellows summersaulting from a spring-board 

 and swimming. They invited me to join them, 

 and without much ado, without even removing 

 hat and shoes, I tumbled off the spring-board 

 and swam amongst them for awhile. Then turn- 

 ing on my back, crossing my arms over my chest 

 and closing my eyes, I floated for awhile. I 

 could not hear anything because my ears were 

 under water. When I opened my eyes I saw all 

 those fellow a hundred yards down the road 

 with their clothes in their arms running as if 

 for life. They told me afterwards that they 

 thought I was a corpse. 



The red eye is more chunky than the black 

 bass, and probably on that account it cannot 

 make such a prolonged fight. It has 11 dorsal 

 spines and 6 or 7 anal spines whereas the bass 

 has 7 of the former and only two small anal 

 spines. 



Noah Webster says the red eye is a genus of 

 the carp family, but this ISToah was not a watei^ 

 man. 



Twenty years ago this fine game fish is said 

 to have been abundant in the Neuse about Mil- 



