BROWN WATERS 



" Je crois, Monsieur, qu'il ne vaut pas 

 la peine de continuer." 



"Mais oui, Excellence) on vous fera 

 une brise artificielle." 



Two men were sent across the river 

 to cut young spruces, and with these 

 they proceeded to agitate the water 

 rhythmically till a very pretty ripple 

 covered the pool. The counterfeit was 

 accepted : forthwith the salmon began to 

 rise as though Nature herself had inter- 

 posed a screen between them and the 

 sun : the day was redeemed. 



Fishing everywhere and always, you 

 will not go without reward. At the end 

 of long dead-waters a river turns sharp- 

 ly and gathers for a plunge of a mile 

 through the confining hills. My friend 

 was taking his turn on the beautiful 

 stretch of water above, where the large 

 trout are commonly found, and I was 

 working down from boulder to boulder 

 towards the beginning of the rapid. 

 Neither experience nor Indian tradi- 

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