ANGLING 



who has had any extended experience of the fish, 

 who has fought and killed any large number of 

 them in the heavy waters of the Grande Decharge, 

 will know something of the many-sidedness of the 

 sport, and be ready to concede that at least the 

 pleasurable emotions which it causes the angler 

 cannot well be exaggerated. In the vicinity of 

 these rapids, the fish can know nothing of the 

 life of indolence and luxurious ease that conduces 

 to enervation and effeminacy. The very excite- 

 ment and unrest of their surroundings render 

 inactivity impossible to them, while the physi- 

 cal exertion necessarily employed in their constant 

 struggles amid the mighty forces of those turbulent 

 waters insures for them the possession of that 

 courage, agility, and strength that make them the 

 recognized champions of the finny warriors of 

 Canadian waters. In proportion to their avoirdu- 

 pois they can do more tackle-smashing than any 

 other fish that swims. Their leaps are prodigious. 

 Habituated to overcome obstacles to their prog- 

 ress up-stream by throwing themselves over them 

 through the air, their skyward somersaults and 

 aerial contortions, when hooked, leave the angler 

 little leisure for contemplation while the struggle 

 is in progress. When it is understood that a 

 ouananiche of five pounds' weight will frequently 



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