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to surmount the difficulties of the river, which often runs into swift 

 rapids. During the two latter weeks of June, salmon should be 

 found here in force, and may be seen jumping the falls, six or eight 

 out of water at a time. None could pass over the falls were it not 

 for the help of a projecting ledge a few feet from the head of the 

 falls. The pool affords fishing for nearly a mile, and afterthe salmon 

 are over it becomes fairly alive with grilse. 



SUNSET ON THE HUMBER. 



On a calm summer evening the sportsman encamped on the 

 shore is often startled by a human-like whining or crooning, or a 

 heavy splash off some rocky ledge. Beneath the keel of his boat 

 a flash of yeasty froth, followed by the emergence of a round glittering 

 head, tells him that he is not alone in the pursuit of the salmon, as 

 seals are sharing the sport, probably with a far greater degree of 

 success, for they are gifted with agility far surpassing that of the 

 salmon. 



