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snow much more quickly than the sun does, 

 and the river rose to very high flood again. 



On the 1st of July it was as high as it had 

 been on the 1st of June. With this flood 

 came a fresh run of salmon, and for a week or 

 so we had capital sport. More cold weather 

 followed, and again the river fell rapidly. 

 About the middle of July the weather became 

 warm and fine, and continued so until the 

 end of the month. During this period the 

 river was again steadily rising. This unsettled 

 condition is very bad for sport. If in June 

 the weather had been normal, we should have 

 had big water throughout the month, followed 

 probably by a steady fall through July ; and 

 as there were lots of fish, sport would almost 

 certainly have been good. 



It is supposed that unless August is very 

 hot indeed there will be plently of last winter's 

 snow left unmelted till next year ; which is 

 therefore likely to be another season of big 

 water. 



The great rapid which we call Second Fos 

 consists of two main falls, with a turbid pool 

 between them. By the side of the lower of 

 these a short fish-pass of two or three steps has 



