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The Halcyon in Canada. 



ALONG THE HUDSON. 



doubtless white sand shone dimly in the 



sun, and the illusion that there was a 



town nestled there haunted my mind 



constantly. It was like a section of the 



Hudson below the Highlands, except 



that these waters were bluer and colder, 



and these shores darker than even Sir Hendrick first looked upon ; 



but surely, one felt, a steamer will round that point presently, or a 



sail drift into view ! We paddled a mile or more up the east shore, 



then across to the west, and found such pleasure in simply gazing" 



upon the scene that our rods were quite neglected. We did some 



casting after awhile, but raised no fish of any consequence till we 



were in the outlet again, when they responded so freely that the 



" disgust of trout" was soon upon us. 



At the rapids, on our return, as I was standing to my knees in 

 the swift, cold current and casting into a deep hole behind a huge 



