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oolts and cattle. In swift running water, however, they 

 do not grow as rapidly — they are longer and less plump. 

 There are a few two and three pounders, but here as in 

 other waters, these seldom honor the angler's hook with a 

 nibble. Of course we could not think of following up the 

 sport for only a few minutes — just long enough to-try the 

 game of the ten noble fellows which were seen in the show 

 window of the Ai;{!ade House yesterday. And they were 

 game. Every one of them made the rod bend and tremble. 

 The females were invariably returned to the water. But 

 more exciting sport remained. The food for their evening 

 repast was now dealt out by spoonfuls at a time, and the 

 moment it struck the water, dozens of great fellows darted 

 for it. They knocked against one another under the water 

 and above the water, and a person standing close to the 

 edge would, in 'five minutes, be well ' spattered' from head 

 to feet. The ' whipping' had made them a little more 

 shy than usual, but they will feed from the hand of their 

 owner, and leap from the water when shown their food 

 upon a spoon ! 



" Mr. Ainsworth is a public benefactor in what he has 

 done. While constructing and filling a pond, at a large 

 expenditure, for his own amusement and gratification, he 

 has demonstrated the fact that, under circumstances more 

 favorable as regards water and places for making ponds, 

 immense quantities of the most delicious food can be raised 

 at almost a nominal cost. When this country becomes as 

 populous as France, such advantages as we possess for the 

 propagation of fish will be appreciated and improved. 



