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a sufficiency of bones; they would, however, be of 

 those the Indian, and not of the trout.* 



From the peculiar nature of the stream, the 

 fishing of Marshpee Brook may be considered as 

 perfectly sui generis. We have seen the time, 

 when, as beginners, we had no objection to it, 

 particularly on account of the great hauls, with 

 which we sometimes even astonished the natives ; 

 but as that time has gone by, and nothing short 

 of doing the thing secundum artem will satisfy us 

 now ; we shall say merely a few words for the 

 benefit of all those " pot-fishers " that care more 

 about the end than the means. 



It may then be inferred, from what we have 

 said, that the use of the fly in this stream, is out of 

 the question, and so it is ; from one end to the 

 other, with very little exception, its banks are cov- 

 ered to the water's edge with a dense mass of pri- 

 meval foliage, so close, the broad limbs embracing 

 and intermingling from either side, and " wreathing 



* On a recent visit to Cotuit, having visited this Tumulous 

 or '* Trout-Mound," as it is there called, the form was found 

 to be rather oval than oblong ; an egg cut longitudinally in 

 halves, will best convey an idea of its shape. We also learnt 

 that some years since, an excavation was caused to be made 

 by D. L. Child, Esq. whose expectations in bringing some- 

 thing to light, interesting to the antiquarian, were not realiz- 

 ed. We are still of opinion however, that had the work been 

 prosecuted to a greater extent, a satisfactory result would have 

 followed. 



