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fish, in a certain number of minutes. I think 

 it said twenty. One evening after dinner there 

 was some discussion on the subject between Dr. 

 Campbell and Mr. Gilmour, when the latter ad- 

 dressing me, said: "What do you think of this? 

 I told him I believed it could not be done. 



"Well, are you willing to try V 



I said certainly, provided I was given eight 

 or ten yards of line to start. A woolen sash was 

 got and put over the back of my neck, then under 

 the arm pits and back again over my shoulders, 

 where it was knoted. The fly was stuck in the 

 part that covered my neck. Mr. Gilmour had a 

 heavy 18-foot salmon rod with thick plaited silk 

 line, treble and single gut. I did not go far be- 

 fore the single parted. I think he was trying to 

 handle his fish to roughly. The treble gut was 

 then fastened, but fared no better. A third trial 

 was made with the silk line. This stood a little 

 longer, but on his trying to give me the butt his 

 line parted, without my feeling any heavy strain. 

 So I don't believe it can be done, unless the swim- 

 mer was followed around in a boat where, of 

 course he would be bound to tire in time, even if 

 he had no line on him. 



A fancy struck me one day of trying to get hold 

 of a salmon swimming. In the "Upper Pool," 

 of the Godbout, large numbers of salmon congre- 

 gate at the foot of the falls, waiting for a suitable 

 pitch of water to enable them to get over. At 



