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require the assistance of that gang of fiends in black 

 who are now remorselessly wading all over the pool 

 above, while freeing the pine logs with their twelve-foot 

 hitchers. 



You pull ashore to await their departure, and resolve to 

 keep your temper, but, alas ! the gang requires food and 

 rest, so they squat at the water's edge for an hour or two. 

 It is no use your fishing above or below, for both have • 

 been disturbed alike, so you give it up until the evening. 

 Later on you start afresh with yet a chance of sport, when 

 in all probability the last two of the gang of woodmen 

 will descend the river in a boat, in order to set afloat 

 the most obstinate of the logs ; thus the best part of 

 two days' angling is completely ruined. 



The operation of transporting logs could be performed 

 during times of flood without hindrance to the angler, 

 but this system would not suit the wily Norsk, for occa- 

 sionally he might have to recover logs left high and dry 

 some little distance inland, so he delays the descent of his 

 property until later, usually selecting a period when the 

 pools are in first-class angling trim. 



A further cause of annoyance to anglers is found in the 

 ubiquitous ferry-boat which is generally stationed opposite 

 the best catch of the pool, and which, during the hay- 

 making season, incessantly crosses and re-crosses the 

 stream. In most countries, the ferry-boat is used with 



