. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. 110 THE CALIFOENIA §ofl ami 6u«. FISHING AMONG THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. A day's fishing here is, of course, the backbone of the expedition, around which the day's pleasure is actually built. We will suppose that the party of a dozen ladies and gentlemen is formed, and the day planned for the excursion arrived—a clear, sunny one, with not a ripple stirring the glassy surface of the St. Lawrence. Six boats are hired, a gentleman and lady going in each, under the superintendence of a fisherman. At length
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. 110 THE CALIFOENIA §ofl ami 6u«. FISHING AMONG THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. A day's fishing here is, of course, the backbone of the expedition, around which the day's pleasure is actually built. We will suppose that the party of a dozen ladies and gentlemen is formed, and the day planned for the excursion arrived—a clear, sunny one, with not a ripple stirring the glassy surface of the St. Lawrence. Six boats are hired, a gentleman and lady going in each, under the superintendence of a fisherman. At length the desired spot is reached, and the sport begins, each party fishing as if their lives de- pended on it, and all internally praying that if a monster pickerel or muskal- longe is caught—of which there may be about one chance in five hundred— they may be the particular ones select- ed by Fortune as the catchers thereof. But whether such a capture is made or not, the fishing is sure to be fine, and so exciting that the dinner approaches almost without notice. Many, however, prefer solitary sport, or with a company of two or three gen- tlemen only ; and by starting early in the morning, long trips can be made below Grenadier Island. There, in the more shallow portions of the river, striped with long beds of water-grasses, green and purple, undisturbed by the turmoil and commotion of the passing steamboats, the indolent pickerel lies tranquilly in the secluded tangle of his own especial retreat; or the huge black bass, reaching sometimes to the weight of five or six pounds, stand guard along the edge of the grass, waiting for some unwary minnow or perch to pass. At rare intervals are spots where the sav- age muskallonge, the tiger of fresh- water fish, lies hidden among the water grasses in solitary majesty. Sluggishly he lies, glaring with his savage eyes to right and left of him, watching for his prey. He sees a minnow in the dis- tance, apparently twitching and wrig- gl
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