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streams such as I was looking- after. One of these, he 

 declared, had once yielded u sackful of salmon to an English 

 ang'ler, when the stream was clearing, after an autumn 

 flood. Yes, lie could rememher who told him — 'twas Dan, 

 the boatman. Dan was thereupon sent for, and interro- 

 gated, but he " disremembered " who told him about that 

 sackful of salmon. The small river where they were said 

 to have been taken ran into the big river, about ten mile*; 

 lower down stream, from our hoixse. No, he had never been 

 up the smaller I'iver, but he laiew it was too fast and turbu- 

 lent to get the boat up. Host FIjti chimed in with a lot of 

 information that he had that morning picked up second- 

 hand. There was a famous " carry " where the fish rested 

 oi- their way up, and that was where we should get a sack- 

 ful or two, at the least. By following the course of the 

 stream upwards for about seven or eight miles, we should 

 strike a railway, and by that means be able to get back to 

 our own locality. There was absolutely nothing on the map 

 to support this latter assurance, but Flyn was most 

 emphatic, and got almost cross at my doubts. And so it 

 Avas arranged that, after the rain held up for twenty-four 

 hours, we three would explore this fabulously prolific river 

 together. In course of time the rain ceased and away we 

 went down stream one morning at seven o'clock, for we 

 meant having a long day, and thus obtaining some com- 

 pensation for previous enforced idleness. The big river 

 was in rampant flood, with a froth on it like porter, and 

 some of the low-lying land Avas flooded. A field of late 

 oats, in shocks, was partly covered with water, and a big 

 flock of ducks were in possession, enjoying themselves 

 immensely ! Both the oats and the ducks belonged to 

 Flyn, but he thought it would be a pity to lose time in dis- 

 lodging the birds — in which opinion the rest agreed, and 

 we went past them at racing speed. Arrived at our desti- 

 nation, we hid the oars, padlocked the boat securely by her 

 chain-painter to a tree, and started on our exploration. 

 Flyn had provided a bulky lunch, including various bottles 

 of stout, with tumblers, etc., and the whole of these things 

 were put into the sack, which he declared to be absolutely 



