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salmon fishing would be beyond 

 reason, in a brief summary of the 

 merits of this fish and the pleasure of 

 catching. That accomplished writer 

 and keen angler, the late Charles Hal- 

 lock, in his admirable book entitled 

 "The Salmon Fisher," has given a 

 most entertaining as well as instruc- 

 tive treatise on the subject, and the 

 same may be truthfully said of Henry 

 P. Wells' practical work, the "Amer- 

 ican Salmon Fisherman," two vol- 

 umes deserving high' commendation 

 to all those wishing such instruction 

 as printed lines may afford, prelim- 

 inary to casting the line and lure for 

 the game fish referred to. 



The charm of salmon fishing has 

 been so aptly described by George 

 Dawson that his story of the cast and 

 capture is well worth repeating: "I 

 had marked the spot where the fish 

 had risen, had gathered up my flies 

 for another cast, had dropped the fly, 

 like a snowflake, just where I desired 

 it to rest, when, like a flash, the same 

 enormous head appeared, the same 

 open jaws revealed themselves, a 



