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All tlie boats now came rushing np, some 

 parties calling out lustily, ^'How mucli does lie 

 weigh?" which was immediately ascertained to 

 be 8J x>ounds. He was rather a short trout, be- 

 ing only 25 inches in length, but measured 

 around fidl 17 inches. He soon recovered after 

 being placed in the fish car, and when transfer- 

 red to the camj) car in the running stream, he 

 was as lively as ever, not being injured in the 

 least. Several days later he was served up in 

 fine style, as described hereafter. Some of the 

 l^arties, present at this defeat of one of the heavy 

 weights, will not soon forget the scene, and all 

 will be sure to remember the 



TERRIFIC STORM 



of thunder and lightning, wind and rain, which 

 followed immediately after, a descrii^tion of which 

 the writer is not able to give, commensurate AAith 

 the grandeur of the event, but will refer the 

 reader to the most graphic account he can find 

 of some other "big blow," written by one equal 

 to the work. 



' Fiercely raged the King of Storms." 



