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the back of the mackerel, as well as a more dazzling 

 and silvery brightness, compared to those living 

 in waters at all brackish. That some idea may 

 be formed of the size of the fish, not unusu- 

 ally taken in these waters, and particularly at the 

 sandy point last referred to, we may state the cir- 

 cumstance of our having caught, a few years since, 

 on the 24th of March, three trout, which together 

 weighed eight and a quarter pounds — two of them 

 approaching very nearly to three pounds each, be- 

 sides many others at the same time, over a pound, 

 their stomachs being filled with shrimps ; on this 

 occasion both wind and tide were favorable — 

 the latter for sea-trout being much the most impor- 

 tant. 



We have now to mention a well known and 

 by far most frequented spot in all these waters, 

 called " Poket Point" in Waquoit Bay. Its 

 name like that of the bay, is no doubt of Indian 

 origin, and agreeably to the custom already re- 

 ferred to, might have been given to it for the very 

 simple reason of its poking out in so striking a 

 manner as to form those singularly abrupt projec- 

 tions from the shore or main land, generally known 

 by the name of " Sand Spits." Be that as it 

 may, it is a very remarkable place, and for many 

 years, has been no less the resort of the angler, 

 than the great abundance of fine sea-trout which 



