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shall leave him here for a time, still further 

 to thresh water and disturb the pool, and bear 

 my readers to a spot which appeared at one 

 time that afternoon as if it might be the 

 scene of very exciting fishing. 



I mentioned that he had left his lady com- 

 panions on the other side of the river, and 

 at the spot where he first fished, expecting 

 them to join him on the opposite bank through 

 their own skill. My lady friend had returned 

 to Bridgewater by the main road, while I pro- 

 posed crossing over the boom with my rod 

 and salmon to Lew Labrador's house. The 

 English ladies had come to the breastwork, 

 from which they would have to get down 

 three feet to be on the boom, and were look- 

 ing most anxiously across the water, as if 

 undecided what to do. My services were here 

 proffered as their guide, and gladly accepted. 

 This boom or track was situated a very short 

 distance above the dam, and through the 

 midst of the strongest current, beginning at 

 the breastwork mentioned and terminating 

 abruptly at the entrance of a large fish-pass, 

 over which the bank was approached by walk- 

 ing up a plank, one end of which rested on 



