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that one great fish in three jumped after 

 being hooked. An extraordinary leap 

 I recall, which, to my eye and that of a 

 friend who was looking on, appeared to 

 measure not less than eight feet from 

 the point where the trout left the water 

 to the point where he returned to it. On 

 rare occasions, too, these fish will come 

 clear, or almost clear of the water to 

 take the fly, but for the most part they 

 do not show on the surface and take 

 much after the manner of salmon. 



Such sport as I write of was too good 

 to be enjoyed alone, and with these four 

 splendid fellows lying side by side in the 

 bottom of the canoe and clad like the 

 autumn woods in scarlet and gold, I 

 reeled in and took up the paddle. A few 

 strokes brought us to the lower end of 

 the pool where the water shoals and the 

 bottom becomes visible. It was then that 

 Mesgil's sharper eyes caught sight of 

 some monstrous gray shadows a few 

 yards away on the starboard bow, and 



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