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peculiarly large specimen, muttered, on withdraw- 

 ing the teeth, that it must be the remnants of 



"Ahmeek, the king of beavers." 



Before reaching Gros Cap we struck and lost, by 

 the fouling of our trolling lines, which were both 

 out together, a very large lake trout. This fish, in 

 spite of his size, gave so little play that we were 

 scarcely aware that we had hooked him, and were 

 astonished when we saw his immense proportions 

 as he came near the boat. We scarcely considered 

 his loss a disappointment. 



We spent two days at Gros Cap, having fine 

 sport and killing some large fish. Don broke his 

 tackle several times, and the lively, bright-colored, 

 vigorous trout, luxuriating in their appropriate ele- 

 ment, the cold spring water of the lake, gave us 

 excellent play. Wandering from rock to rock, and 

 casting out into the limitless lake, every rise was 

 sudden and unexpected, every step changed the 

 distance of our cast and the character of the fishing- 

 ground. 



The submerged rocks were visible through the 

 limjDid water, and from beside them or from their 

 deep, dark fissures a trout might rise with a furious, 

 impetuous plunge at any moment. The fish were 

 numerous, breaking in the placid evenings in my- 

 riads, and the sport was entrancing. During the 

 warm mid-days, when the sun was too brilliant or 

 the lake too calm for fishing, we would wander 

 about the island, hunting specimens, inspecting na- 



