Rod and gun . ke eggs or rubber balls,with long sweeping tails—each tail separateand distinct, and two, three and sometimesfour to a fish. Some of these tails are turnedupward; others are turned straight ahead;and some are eliptical, like two parentheseson their sides. Then there are the lettered dragon-eyes,on which there seem to be written Chinesewords in black on scarlet or pearl bodies,and tiger dragon-eyes, with stripes of orangeand black like the tiger. Then again there arethe Calico fish, which have great blotches andstripes of all colors, like a piece of old-fash-ioned calico or a craz
Rod and gun . ke eggs or rubber balls,with long sweeping tails—each tail separateand distinct, and two, three and sometimesfour to a fish. Some of these tails are turnedupward; others are turned straight ahead;and some are eliptical, like two parentheseson their sides. Then there are the lettered dragon-eyes,on which there seem to be written Chinesewords in black on scarlet or pearl bodies,and tiger dragon-eyes, with stripes of orangeand black like the tiger. Then again there arethe Calico fish, which have great blotches andstripes of all colors, like a piece of old-fash-ioned calico or a crazy quilt. There are theDol|)hin-Owls, with great staring eyes likeowls and long doljjhin-shaped bodies andtails. There is also the Oranda Shishigashira,or Lion-hearted Fringetail, which has onlythis year been successfully bred in America,and which grows a hood and a long mane likea lion from its second year onward. Thesefish, the only grown pair of which, fully de-veloped, are now in Philadelphia, cost Kedgemakooge and Gun Glub-house A Fishing Tripto Kedgemakooge, N. S. M. E. Graham ABOUT three oclock on a glor-ious Spring afternoon, we leftAnnapolis Royal, N. S., forKedgemakooge Rod and GunClub. After a pleasant auto-mobile ride of thirty miles we ar-rived at Jacques Landing, where wewere joined by our good friend andguide, John Lewis, also Edwardwho was waiting for us with themotor boat to convey us to our desti-nation. After a half mile sail along a wind-ing stream, we suddenly emerge intoLake Kedgemakooge; at the entranceof which, situated on a pictures([ueknoll, is the Kedgemakooge ClubHouse, where you are always certainof a cordial welcome and heart v hand- shake from the genial matron andmanager. In this secluded spot we find our-selves with all the conveniences of anup-to-date hotel,—while for thosewho wish to live the real life prime-val there have been built a numberof log cabins in various parts of thewoods: giving one a chance to selectfor himself in
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