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of it, as, owing to the softness of tire bottom 

 and other causes, it is inaccessible from the 

 left. This throw is perfectly safe. 



No. 16. The Grass Guard. 



The Grass Guard, situated at the lower 

 end of the same pool, is the head of a series 

 of rapids commencing at this point, continu- 

 ing with more or less violence for somewhat 

 more than half a mile, and ending at Kath- 

 leen's Falls. The Grass Guard may be 

 fished from either bank, but best from the 

 left : in either case the throw is confined to 

 as far as the fisherman can reach from a 

 single stone ; and on the left bank he must 

 on no account allow himself to be tempted 

 by the smoothness of the water beyond a 

 very remarkable flat white stone, about 

 fifteen yards from the bank ; the current here 

 being really much stronger than its quietness 

 would lead him to imagine. It is a safe 

 throw, with but one danger, — a rock com- 

 pletely under water, and perfectly undistin- 

 guishable, lying almost in the middle of the 

 stream, but nearer to the right bank, and 



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