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stove than I would again knowingly engage a "Talkative 

 Guide." 



We had varied success in fishing. My record one <lay 

 was as follows : one trout before breakfast; from breakfast 

 to dinner, three, one of them thirteen and a quarter indies 

 Ion-- and seven and a half inches around: after dinner, by 

 trolling with spoon, one salmon trout, fifteen inches long. 

 The following day I took twenty six trout, the largest 

 bc'in- ,-i half pound in weight. A day later 1 took, troll 

 ing with rod. two before breakfast ; after breakfast and 

 before dinner, nine, the largest, fourteen and a half inches 

 lonii and seven inches around ; after dinner, one. Thi> \va> 

 about the average fortune of the paity. 



The Editor was having excellent luck, one day, fishing 

 from a rock opposite camp, when suddenly the trout 

 biting, and he began to take bull heads. Determined to 

 ^emove these invaders, he continued tisiimg until lie had 

 caught an ama/.iug quantity, when they a!-o suddenly dis- 

 appeared, and sun lish in great numbers appeared. The 

 Kditor finally abandoned the contest and left the " punkin 

 seeds" in possession of the field. 



The .Judge was, at another time, the sole occupant of a 

 slirlving rock at a favorite point, and was fly-fishing with 

 great /eal. \Ve who were at a distance had our attention 

 called to him by a capering and cavorting on the rock, thai 

 indicated great judicial excitement and. doubtless, a contest 

 with a magnificent xnhno fimtiimlix. Drawing near in our 

 boats to witness the expected victory. \v saw that by 

 some ill luck the fisherman's rod was broken, but he. thus 



