FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



and its tributaries, — one of the greatest rivers of 

 the world. 



It was my good fortune a few years since to 

 spend my vacation near the village of Bedford, in 

 the Province of Quebec, through which flows a 

 turbulent stream known as Pike River. This 

 river rises in northern Vermont, flows through 

 several villages in the Eastern Townships of the 

 Province, and finally pours its waters into that 

 portion of Lake Champlain known as Missisquoi 

 Bay, and thence, by the Richelieu River, into the 

 St. Lawrence. 



I had brought with me a number of trolling 

 rods, multiplying reels, enamelled water-proof lines, 

 spoon hooks, phantom minnows, St. Lawrence 

 gangs, and the numerous et ceteras of the modern 

 angler. Through the good offices of a man of 

 prominence in the village, I secured the services 

 of a local celebrity in mascalonge fishing, Baptiste 

 Brissette, an old habitant, to accompany me as 

 boatman and guide. 



During the early hours of the forenoon I re- 

 ported at the home of Brissette with a generous 

 hamper of solids and liquids for the inner man, 

 and a sufficient supply of paraphernalia to start 

 a moderate fishing-tackle store, and found him 

 awaiting my coming. 



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