. Routes and rates for summer tours . ROMEj WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. 73 six pounds, stand guard along the edge of thegrass, waiting for some unwary minnow orperch to pass. At rare intervals are spotswhere the savage muskallonge, the tiger offresh-water fish, lies hidden among the water-grasses in solitar}^ majesty. Sluggishh he lies,glaring with his savage eyes to right and left ofhim, watching for his pre}. He sees a minnowin the distance, apparently twitching and wrig-gling in a very eccentric course ; a moment themonarch poises himself, with waving fins, then,a sudden sweep of his
. Routes and rates for summer tours . ROMEj WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. 73 six pounds, stand guard along the edge of thegrass, waiting for some unwary minnow orperch to pass. At rare intervals are spotswhere the savage muskallonge, the tiger offresh-water fish, lies hidden among the water-grasses in solitar}^ majesty. Sluggishh he lies,glaring with his savage eyes to right and left ofhim, watching for his pre}. He sees a minnowin the distance, apparently twitching and wrig-gling in a very eccentric course ; a moment themonarch poises himself, with waving fins, then,a sudden sweep of his majestic tail, and hedarts like a thunderbolt upon his intended vic-tim. The next moment the sharp agony ofthe fishermans hook is in his throat. For amoment he lies in motionless astonishment,then as he feels the line tighten, and discoversthat he is indeed caught, he struggles withrage, making the water eddy and swirl with thesweeps of his powerful tail, and causing the rodto bend almost double. This way and that hedarts, mad with
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