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to the upper part of the river. The land on each side of the 

 "Eoagh Waters" being owned by different individuals, the 

 leasing of the fishing privilege of the river does not debar 

 any angler from these pools, and every summer they are 

 assiduously fished by people from the town and neighbor- 

 hood, and the angler who camps here frequently finds his 

 morning's cast anticipated by an earlier riser than himself, — 

 generally some Canadian stripling fishing for his breakfast or 

 dinner, many of whom cast a fly with astonishing lightness 

 and accuracy, and if their tackle was as good as the city 

 angler's, the latter would stand a poor chance in fishing after 

 them. A few flies though, a few shillings, and a little good 

 humor, properly expended, will buy them off. Mr. N., of St. 

 John, and the writer, last summer bought off a persistent 

 young fellow of this kind, by employing him as camp keeper, 

 at the extravagant price of fifty cents a day ; he proved to be 

 an excellent canoeman, and did us good service. But these 

 competitors seldom have a canoe, and cannot get to many of 

 the best pools in high water without, and, as a consequence, 

 they are preserved to the angler who has one." The first 

 Grrilse also are taken at the " Eough Waters," and about the 

 middle or 20th of July, they come in such numbers as to 

 give fine sport. 



Round Rock, the next station, is about two miles above 

 Kough Waters. It has a half-dozen or so of excellent pools ; 

 the best is that in-shore near the camp, called the "Eock- 

 pool." Here within a fly-cast of my tent door I killed 

 my first Salmon, — an epoch in the life of an angler which he 

 marks "with a white stone." I had hoped to be initiated 

 gradually, killing first a Grilse and then a small Salmon, but 

 fortune would have it otherwise, and with a rod and a fly of 

 my own make, I brought to gaff in less than fifteen minutes 

 a splendid fresh-run fish. '' Bon poisson !" exclaimed Peter, as 



