104* A DAY UP THE RIVER. 



rock, which at all seasons gives a firm and 

 safe footing', notwithstanding the rush of 

 waters. Over the edge of this the water 

 tumbles in a low fall, not more than a foot or 

 two in depth, and then races away in a rough 

 flashing rapid, broken by rocks and stones 

 for thirty or forty yards, and then thunders 

 over the first falls. 



No one unacquainted with the river would 

 imagine this to be a throw at all, for the 

 water has every appearance of being much 

 too broken and rapid for the fish to rest in. 

 But the numerous stones, which, though 

 seldom showing their heads above water, 

 contribute in a very great degree to cause 

 the turmoil, afford secure resting-places, and 

 during the whole season there is generally a 

 salmon lying in the wake of every one of 

 them. This broken water renders the throw 

 entirely independent of sun and wind, and 

 fish are frequently hooked there on days 

 when there is not a rise in any other part of 

 the river. 



If, however, fish are easy to be hooked 

 there, they are proportionately difficult to be 

 landed, and that from the same cause. Every 

 rock becomes a fortress, behind which the 



