. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . for some unwary minnow or perchto pass. At rare intervals are spots•where the savage muskallonge, thetiger of fresh waterfish, lieshiddenamong the water-grasses in solitarymajesty. Slugglishly he lies, glaring with his savage eyes to right and left of him, watchingfor his prey. He sees a minnow in the distance, apparently twitching and wriggling in a veryeccentric course ; a moment the monarch poises himself, with waving fins, then, a sudden sweepof his majestic tail, and he darts like a thunderbolt upon his intended victim. The nextmoment the sha
. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . for some unwary minnow or perchto pass. At rare intervals are spots•where the savage muskallonge, thetiger of fresh waterfish, lieshiddenamong the water-grasses in solitarymajesty. Slugglishly he lies, glaring with his savage eyes to right and left of him, watchingfor his prey. He sees a minnow in the distance, apparently twitching and wriggling in a veryeccentric course ; a moment the monarch poises himself, with waving fins, then, a sudden sweepof his majestic tail, and he darts like a thunderbolt upon his intended victim. The nextmoment the sharp agony of the fishermans hook is in his throat. For a moment he lies inmotionless astonishment, then as he feels the line tighten, and discovers that he is indeedcaught, he struggles with rage, making the water eddy and swirl with the sweeps of his power-ful tail, and causing the rod to bend almost double. This way and that he darts, mad withrage and pain, while the line hisses as it spins from the reel, but in vain ; in spite of all LAWRENCt KIVER CANOE—FULL RICGED ROME, WATERTOWN AAW OGDENSBURG RAILROAD.
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