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which remain quiet for some time after a heavy 

 storm. 



It"is too late for lake-trout. In May they take them 

 on all these lakes in great quantities and of large size, 



occasionally weighing thirty pounds. Mrs. , of 



your city, was here last spring, and in trolling one 

 morning, hooked one that weighed fifteen pounds. She 

 had a rod and reel, and the boatman, knowing how 

 much skill it required to play one of these large active 

 fellows without losing him, reached forward to take the 

 rod from her hand, supposing, of course, that she would 

 not dream of trying to kill him. To his utter astonish- 

 ment, she quietly told him to mind his own business, 

 and she would take care of the fish. Cool and collected, 

 and with all the dexterity of an old experienced fisher- 

 man, she managed her 'victim, till the astonishment of 

 the rough boatman gave way to unbounded delight. 

 Now the frightened trout would make a spring and 

 shoot away with such velocity that any attempt to 

 arrest his progress would have snapped the light tackle 

 like a thread. With just enough pressure on the hook 

 to make his flight painful, she gave him line. At 

 length, .exhausted, he sullenly plunged to the bottom. 

 But he could not remain there long, for a steady pull 



