CRUISE OF A KODAKER. 



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As soon as convinced that it was harmless 

 and that it would take likenesses they 

 would venture up one by one, and after 

 looking in the finder, as directed, would 

 shout to the others in great delight to 

 come and see the pictures. 



Interesting scenes may be photographed 

 there on almost every street. The houses 

 are weather-boarded and painted white, 

 there are no sidewalks, and the white gar- 

 mented citizens walk up the middle of the 

 streets, which are all well paved with crush- 

 ed seashells. The grand canal of Balize fur- 

 nishes one of the finest scenes to be ob- 

 tained. It is a good construction of stone, 

 carrying water to different parts of the 

 city, and acting as a help to the sewerage 

 system. Palms of great height grow along 

 it, and throw their grotesque shadows into 

 the water ; little bridges at the end of each 

 block cross the canal, connecting the 

 streets. All these, together with its gentlv 

 curving line of direction, make it a fine 

 subject for a picture. 



I know of no more interesting trip than 

 a ride out into the jungle. Tropical vege- 

 tation is beautiful, and there is to be 

 found the bread-fruit tree, bearing a mam- 

 moth leaf a. d a fruit about the size of a 

 squash, edible like bread. M^. orange, 



lime, lemon, banana, date, almond cocoa, 

 coffee, mahogany and rubber trees also 

 abound. On the trees of this favored 

 region grow numberless orchids. The air is 

 laden with their delicate perfume. . short 

 walk into the woods from either side of 

 the roads will bring into view trees 

 literally hung with these beautiful air 

 plants. The fixed quiet and gloom of 

 the tropical forests, with only here and 

 ■ there a bright tree, are intense. The foli- 

 age as a whole is almost as dark as hem- 

 lock. Nearly any trail one may take out 

 of Balize will give him opportunities to get 

 photos. 



The people are simple, and have few 

 comforts. They are not rich in civilization 

 and history, but they are fairly honest and 

 willing to oblige. 



THE COMMON FRESH WATER FISHES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



1. Common Pickerel, or Federation Pike, Lucius Reticulatus. 2. Chub, Cheven or Roach Dace, Semotiius 

 corporalis. 3. Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 4. Large Mouth, or Oswego Bass, Micropterut salmoides. 

 5. Common Sucker or Brook Sucker, Catostomus commersoni. 6. Horned Dace or Brook Dace. Semotiius atro- 

 maculatus . 7. Sunfish or " Pumpkin Seed," Eupomotis gibbosus. 8. Bull Head or Horned Pout. Ameiurus 

 nebulosus. 9. Chub Sucker, Erimyzon sucetta. 10. Golden Shiner or Bream, Abramis crysoleucas. 11. Common 

 Shiner or Pond Shiner, Natropis comutus. 12. Yellow Perch, Perca jlavescens. 13. White Perch, Morone amen- 

 canas. 14. Small-Mouth Black Bass, Micropterus doloinieu. 15. Eel, Anguilla chrysypa. 



