BROWN WATERS 



twenty-two pounder lie was in spite of 

 his lack of manners. 



Certainly fish are sometimes encour- 

 aged by disturbances. A companion 

 once improved his sport remarkably by 

 upsetting himself, canoe, gaffman, rod, 

 basket and landing net, into the middle 

 of a quiet pool, and I recall a superb 

 trout of nearly seven pounds weight 

 that rose immediately after a young 

 lady, with surprising aim, had hurled a 

 sardine can into the most sacred spot on 

 the river. It might be found effective 

 to pelt indifferent fish with stones as the 

 practice is in Scotland, but it may be 

 that the Canadian sense of humour is 

 insufficiently developed for this. 



A very distinguished sportsman was 

 having a day on the Jupiter river in 

 Anticosti. Salmon were there and in 

 plenty, but the air was still and the sky 

 cloudless. The fisherman had been peg- 

 ging away long and fruitlessly in the 

 blazing sun when his host arrived. 



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