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the fish kept rising- freely at ahiiost every cast of the 

 spoon-bait, and stood bewildered, following attentively 

 each turn of the bewitched reel. 



On returning to camp we found Tallent in utter 

 consternation; the valuable "Newman and Gardia" 



A SALMON TRAP ON THE KOLSHERETSK RIVER (NATCHIKI). 



camera had been dropped on the way — a loss of no 

 slight importance. Men had been sent back with 

 injunctions not to appear again without it. Luckily it 

 had been left at our last halting-place, where it was 

 found, and brought back during the night. Had it 

 fallen in the hioh arass or dense bushes, we should 



