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(Salmo amethystus), and a dead weight on the line that holds 

 him by the lip. He resigns himself to his fate as soon as 

 caught, and makes no fight for life ; the only resistance he 

 offers is the vis inerticz of his seventy-five pound bulk. An 

 ignoble slander upon the noble name of salmon, he is as 

 phlegmatic as a beery Dutchman, suffering . himself to be 

 reeled in slowly until he is safe alongside of the canoe. Then 

 the gaff is used, and when his great carcass is hoisted over 

 the side, he gives a convulsive gasp or two, and splutters out 

 his last " ach Gott " on the bottom. 



Besides these fish there are the cisco and whitefish, the last 

 especially of delicious flavor ; but neither are game for the 

 angler. 



The author of " Superior Fishing " has written so volu- 

 minously of this remarkable region and its finny inhabi- 

 tants, that in indicating some choice. selection of its angling 

 waters, I can do little more than gracefully refer my readers 

 to his book. I recapitulate briefly that Garden River, near 

 Sault Ste. Marie, is a fine trout stream, but difficult to 

 ascend. The Yellow Dog, Dead, and Salmon Trout Rivers, 

 sixty miles west of Marquette, afford good fishing. Brule 

 River and Lake, and all the rivers and waters in the vicinity 

 of Bayfield and Apostle Islands, will delight the angler. The 

 Harmony, Agawa, and Batchawaung on the north shore, 

 with some two or three other rivers that empty into Batcha- 

 waung Bay a day's sail from the Sault, are not only noted 

 for the size and number of their trout, but for the romantic 

 beauty of their scenery. However, they are liable to become 

 heated in midsummer, and then the fish retreat to the colder 

 waters of the great lake. 



Yet there is one river and district which has never been 

 described in books. It so greatly excels all others of the 

 Superior region, and all known trouting waters of America, 

 that those who read thereof may well wonder and reflect. 

 I refer to the Neepigon and the head-waters of the great 

 St. Lawrence chain of lakes. If perchance some credulous 



