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Salmon -Fishing. 



the habitants Lancy Cozzens, which we presumed to be a cor- 

 ruption of L'ause aux cousins. From this point we proceeded by 

 an invention of our own. One of the three canoes had a small 

 sail, and holding another canoe by our hands upon each side of it, 



we voyaged very independently 

 until we tried to tack under a 

 very stiff breeze — a performance 

 which didn't take place exactly 

 to suit us. Reaching the nar- 

 rower part of the stream, we 

 took our setting-poles in ortho- 

 dox fashion, and soon reached 

 camp, where we found a com- 

 modious wall-tent ready pitched, 

 and all needed cooking-utensils, 

 as well as a salmon for supper, 

 left in the house by some de- 

 parting friends. 



The sea-trout had just com- 

 menced running up the river, 

 and gave us most serious 

 annoyance. The sea-trout is 

 anadromous, and follows up the 

 salmon some weeks later. An 

 old trout-angler believes you 

 not quite sane, and much less 

 serious and truthful, when you 

 positively assure him that oftentimes before you can reach a salmon 

 you must play to gaff a half-dozen or more sea-trout, varying in 

 weight from one to five pounds. That a five-pound trout can be an 

 annoyance, and a serious one at that, isn't readily comprehended. You 

 can't hurry a large trout, but must play and tire him out. Occasion- 

 ally your man from a tree-top will tell you just where a fine salmon is 

 lying, and, perhaps, that he started for the fly and missed it at your 

 last cast. The next cast, a sea-trout, which is quicker than a salmon, 

 snatches your fly the moment it strikes the water, and in the next 

 few minutes flounders all over the pool, putting an effectual stop 

 to salmon-fishing. Now is the time for self-control — for quietly 



AN IRATE ANGLER. 



