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and all this in rushing, tearing water. His move- 

 ments are hke flash-Hght — there and here and 

 gone. His trimly built body, large broad tail and 

 fins have been developed by battling with the 

 flood and torrent, so that his actions when hooked 

 seem like an arrow shot from a bow. 



I refer, of course, to the salmon of the Grande 

 Decharge of the Saguenay. I never found the same 

 characteristics (and others agree who know them 

 well) in the Maine landlocked salmon. One would 

 not expect it in the quiet w^aters of an inland lake 

 as in the wild and stormv Lake St. John Falls. 

 Nevertheless, this little salmon, place him where 

 you will, is capable of fighting and resisting cap- 

 ture, not only by quickness and cunning, but b}^ 

 strength and energy. Not the least of all fine quali- 

 ties is his habit of leaping from the water on a 

 slack line. 



