RIVER GARDENS, ETC. 
delightful mode of amusement, that I resumed the 
course of observation which had been so long inter¬ 
rupted by difficulties that appeared insurmountable. 
Now, however, that so much has been done to¬ 
wards smoothing the way, I have been again at¬ 
tracted to the long neglected aquatic studies, and 
snatch every moment I can spare from the literary 
labours which have carried my pursuits in a very 
different direction, to renew my old and ever plea¬ 
santly remembered acquaintance with the interest¬ 
ing inhabitants of our ponds and streams. 
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