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the river from point to point. Moreover 

 a fresh breeze blowing up stream would 

 give an easy approach if game were 

 sighted. Mesgil and the writer were left 

 to explore at leisure a task be it said 

 quite as much to their liking as that of 

 their companions. The pool to which 

 we next dropped down looked well, 

 though it was scarcely so large as the 

 one which had just been drawn blank. 

 The river came into it with a strong 

 though quiet current, and was thrown 

 against the right bank by a reef of gra- 

 vel and boulders. As the canoe drifted 

 through without stroke of paddle, the 

 angler, who was covering as much water 

 as possible, kept lengthening cast to- 

 wards the bend, where oily eddies 

 circled just beyond the reach of his flies. 

 Some influence felt but not to be defined 

 was drawing towards this little bay, and 

 Mesgil seemed to feel it too, for he 

 responded with a turn of the paddle to 

 the "a terre un peu" almost as soon as 



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