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as I had rarely hoped to see in these parts. When 

 he came in at a late hour he had thirty trout to his 

 credit, every one of them over one pound, and most of 

 them up to two and a half and three pounds. Surely 

 we must at last have got to a very sportsman's paradise ! 

 Long before his return I had "had it out" with 

 the Reas, and decided forthwith to see what the 

 mountains could yield me. I did not, of course, be- 

 lieve all their assurances about the abundance of game, 

 for I had heard the same yarns before in many other 

 parts of the world. However, there was something 

 encouraging and tangible in the variety of meats I 

 had lately discussed ; the game must certainly be 

 there somewhere ; and the Keas undertook to let me 

 see for myself "for a consideration." After ascertain- 

 ing and " fixing " the amount of this consideration, 

 I found that my partner was equally bent on beating 

 all his previous records in the gentle art, so we 

 decided to stay "right there." During this "lie 

 over " we both amply satisfied ourselves of the reality 

 of things. That was, of course, all I wanted to do, 

 for July was no time of the year to be hunting 

 wapiti. I only shot during our week's trip what AVC 

 wanted for camp necessaries, but saio what made me 

 resolved to do greater things in the fall. As for my 

 partner, I found on getting back- that he had made 

 truly wonderful records : on his biggest day he, with 

 another man, bagged 185 trout, all over 1 lb., some 

 even 4 lb. in weight. Quite satisfied with a grand 



