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amber-colored, and lends its hue to the pebbly bot- 

 tom over which it flows. It evidently, throughout 

 its great extent, furnishes admirable spawning- 

 grounds for the fastidious trout, and in cool weather 

 is filled with them in vast numbers. But when a 

 warm season has heated the water, and a drouth 

 has diminished the current, the fish, finding the ele- 

 ment unsuited to their comfort or even existence, 

 are compelled to seek the cool, shady caverns of the 

 lake shore. 



The river, when we visited it, was in this condi- 

 tion, and there were none but small, dark-colored 

 fish, which, although excellent in the frying-pan, after 

 the excessive exertion of surmounting the rapids 

 had given us an appetite, furnished but tame sjDort 

 on the line. 



Our dinner was pleasant, our trip exciting, the 

 scenery wild, the river interesting, the savages 

 amusing, and ourselves agreeably entertained ; but 

 we returned early, possessed of a wretched show of 

 game. We had taken two dozen fish, but none of 

 them were large. 



On issuing from the secluded channel of the river, 

 we realized, to our surprise, that a heavy gale w^as 

 blowing from the south-east. We had not felt the 

 wind till we approached the open water, and emerged 

 from among the hills and trees, but soon found the 

 waves rolling in upon the sand-beach in a way to 

 remind one of the surf on " Old Long Island's sea- 

 girt shore." 



The waves appeared to drive the trout in from 



