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stove than I would again knowingly engage a "Talkative 

 Guide." 



We had varied success in fishing. IVIy record one day 

 was as follows : one trout before breakfast; from breakfast 

 to dinner, three, one of them thirteen and a quarter inches 

 long and seven and a half inches around: after dinner, by 

 trolling with spoon, one salmon trout, fifteen inches long. 

 The following day I took twenty six-trout, the largest 

 l)eing a half poimd in weight. A day later I took, ti'oU- 

 ing with rod, two before breakfast: after breakfast and 

 before dinner, nine, the largest, fourteen and a half inches 

 long and seven inches around : after dinner, one. This was 

 aljout the average fortune of the party. 



The Editor was having excellent luck, one day, fishing 

 from a rock opi)Osite camp, when suddenly the trout ceased 

 biting, and he began to take bullheads. Determined to 

 remove these invaders, he continued fishing until he had 

 caught an amazing quantity, when they also suddenly dis- 

 appeared, and sun-fish in great numbers appeared. The 

 Editor finally abandoned the contest and left the " punkin 

 seeds " in possession of the field. 



The Judge was, at another time, the sole occupant of a 

 shelving rock at a favorite point, and was fly-fishing with 

 gi-eat zeal. We who were at a distance had our attention 

 called to him l)y a capering and cavorting on the rock, that 

 indicated great judicial excitement and, doubtless, a contest 

 with a magnificent s<dmo fonUnalis. Drawing near in our 

 boats to witness the expected victory, we saw that by 

 some ill-luck the fisherman's rod was broken, but he. tlius 



