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fore, must be turned at all hazards before he 

 reaches this point. There is but one place 

 at which the assistant can reach the water for 

 the purpose of gaffing, which is formed by a 

 rock that has fallen into the water. 



No. 14. The Cursed Throw. 



The Captain's Fall, which, in fact, is 

 more like a very steep and sudden rapid 

 than a waterfall, is in two steps, with a 

 broad turnhole between them called Poul na 

 Gair, or the Goat's Pool. The second shoot 

 falls into the Cursed Throw, in which, though 

 as promising a place, to all appearance, as any 

 in the river, no fish has ever been taken 

 within the memory of man. The true cause 

 of this may probably be found in the natural 

 history of the salmon, one of whose pecu- 

 liarities is, that no fish will stop or feed while 

 he sees a difficulty before him. The Cursed 

 Pool is comparatively a short one, and the 

 upper end of it is violently agitated by the 

 shoot of waters from the Captain's Fall. 

 The fish, on ascending the little rapid which 

 connects this basin with Johnstone's Pool 



