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the members of the club, where they recount their exploits 
over their tea and coffee, with broiled bluefish, striped bass, 
and scopogue, or with broiled chicken and beefsteak, the ten- 
der of congratulations to my friend for his success, and the 
stories of successful takes by some, and of parting tackle with 
others, acted as charming opiates to witch away the time; 
and when we rose from table we saw our yacht hove-to, and 
the sails flapping an invitation for us to step on board. With 
great reluctance and regret we parted from the members of 
the West Island Club, and the most attractive five-acre island 
in America. r 
The sail to Cuttyhunk was remarkably interesting, present- 
ing views of the picturesque landscape, alternating with vil- 
las and foliage on Massachusetts shore, and the group of Eliz- 
abeth Islands and Martha’s Vineyard, with No Man’s Land 
peering above the waves far out in the ocean. We arrived he- 
fore lunch-time, and, having examined the trout preserve, the 
black bass and white perch ponds, and taken each a couple of 
striped bass from that incomparable stand, “ Bass Rock,” we 
adjourned to dinner, where we were regaled with choice vi- 
ands, wines, and the recital of angling exploits by the mem- 
bers of the club, who are justly celebrated as amateur experts 
with rod and reel. 
After dinner we shook hands as an aw revoir, mais pas 
adieu, and ran over to Pugne Island, to drop in upon John 
Anderson, Esq., and learn from him what charms he could 
see in his little island home of a hundred acres to induce a 
millionaire of his industrious proclivities and habits—with- 
out a knowledge or taste for field-sports or yachting—to 
shut himself out thus from the enjoyments of the greatest 
and most social city in the Union—his birth-place, where he 
has, by enterprise, accumulated a fortune, and possesses one 
of the finest residences in the metropolis. He informed us 
that the charming climate, with the constant feast to his eyes 
in scenery, made up of the main land and the islands, with 
the ever-changing aspect of the sea, filled his soul with rap- 
