1 64 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



before. As the officers could only procure 

 two boats, and very indifferent guides, S., 

 generous soul that he was, gave Captain C. 

 his boat and guide, with the pool which he 

 could claim by possession, and until six of 

 that afternoon, paying himself for the boat 

 and guide, the understanding being that the 

 captain would hand her back then. In the 

 mean time he took the cook from the tent, and 

 went several miles up the river, exploring 

 the pools there. At the appointed hour we 

 came for the boat, and it was handed over. 

 By the aid of the guide the officers had 

 hold of three fish and lost them all, proving, 

 as we all concluded before, that they were 

 novices at the business. F. had captured two 

 during the day, and I got one off the shore, 

 opposite the tent. 



Now, my reader would naturally suppose 

 that any man, let alone one claiming to be a 

 fisherman, who had been so generously treated, 

 would have been satisfied, and have left the 

 pool to S. that day at least unmolested. Did 

 he? Not so, but went off to that same 

 rocky shoal of the day before, and repeated 

 his programme. This is mentioned here that 



