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spite of all the strain my friend 

 was willing to put on him, finally 

 got there under the edge of a 

 sharp ledge. The salmon com- 

 menced sawing upon the line 

 whenever a strain was brought 

 to bear, and this necessitated 

 giving line at once. After work- 

 ing for one hour and forty min- 

 utes, the leader parted. 



Without a word, Lazell took 

 his own greenheart rod, and in 

 a few minutes was busily cast- 

 ing at the very upper end of the 

 pool, above where he had hooked 

 the first fish. As good fortune 

 would have it, he soon hooked a 

 large one which came down the 

 pool and tried the same game, 

 but he managed to stop him and 

 slowly swing him away from the 

 center of the pool each time. 

 Quite soon the fish ran and 

 jumped enough to weaken him- 

 self, and was brought up to the 

 gaffer. This was my friend's 

 first salmon, and it weighed 

 thirty-three pounds. 



The skill of our men in gaf- 

 fing struck us as remarkable, for 

 during the season they missed 

 for us but a single fish. Not the 

 same romance attaches to them 

 as to Indians, and they do not 

 present that statuesque appear- 

 ance while gaffing, but they are 

 a thousand times more reliable, 

 and always know better where 



A HAI.F-1IKI.KU NETTING SAI.M"N. 



