240 GKANBERRY LAKE. THE osW KKATCHIE. 



willing to abandon the contest ai Hrandy IJrook. Threeof 

 the five went down the river l<> Cook's Spring-Hole and 

 several miles further, reali/ing their fondest hopes. The 

 Mayor and 1 spent the lirsl day at Uasin IJrook. a littiecold 

 stream putting into the river from ihe southerly shore, 

 about half a mile below the dam. It is navigable for 

 small boals oidy about a quarter of a mile, after which it 

 creeps around among the overhanging alders in such a be- 

 wildering and contracted way. that in the cool shades and 

 among the holes and springs the trout are entirely safe 

 from even the enterprising small boy and his alder rod and 

 tow-string. We fished from our boat in a most comfort- 

 able fashion, a part of Ihe day, and took out one hundred 

 and five trout, most of them of fair si/.e and giving us 



excellent sport. 



i 

 We all spent the night at the h..u>. <,| M. G. Dodds. who 



is keeper of the dam. He and hi.^ plea-ant family live a 

 very retired but mi > ( -n>ili|r life on the river bank near 

 the place of his labors the rapid river below the bluff 

 making delightful music logo to sleep by. At Mipper. 

 some very vile slanders were uttered by the Senr 

 others as loihe Scribe's appelite. w hich he endeavored to 

 render innocuous by intimating that he was both Scribe 

 and Treasurer, and was therefore entitled to double rations. 

 And he bears testimony and will not be deterred from it 

 by any insinuations, past or future, that the trout cooked 

 by Mrs. Dodds, and coming smoking-hot upon the table by 

 the platter-full, at stated intervals of about five minutes 

 each, for a whole hour, were the best, that he has ever 



