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to what is known as " Middle Camp " : two log huts 

 of the roughest description, swarming with mosquitoes 

 and undermined by "ground hogs," a sort of cross 

 between a guinea pig and a hedgehog. From this 

 camp the two rods work some twelve or fifteen pools 

 between them ; and then, again, comes one more 

 move upwards to "Lazy Bogan," the best of the 

 three divisions because the highest, the most deserted, 

 and the fullest of glorious pools and big fish. To get 

 to " Lazy Bogan "28 miles above Middle Camp, and so 

 two days' " pole "—to go out and get five or six fish 

 between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., of which the lightest 

 perhaps is 28 lb., and then to come back to the camp 

 for tinned soup, trout, and some beef brought up 

 from below, and to smoke one's pipe in the glow of 

 the Northern Lights, which simply electrify the sky — is 

 a joy too great to be put on paper. 



' The method of fishing is the same throughout the 

 river. On the way up are passes, a few large, dry 

 beaches which form the bed of the river when in 

 spate in the spring after the melting of the snows. 

 Here you halt, and an Indian gets out and selects a 

 large stone, called on the Cascapedia a " killick." 

 This acts as an anchor. A knot, also peculiar to the 

 river, is tied round the stone, and about three fathoms 

 of rope are sufficient. You then pole or paddle to the 



