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weighing about nine pounds. Steve said it 

 was only a good day's march from where we 

 were to where the river runs into the sea. 

 About half-way down there is a big fall called 

 Smoky Falls, above which salmon cannot run, 

 but he said salmon were numerous below the 

 falls. In the water we had fished he had 

 caught many big trout in July, so possibly we 

 were too late. 



Leaving at 5 o'clock I trolled all the way 

 home but never got a pull nor did we see a stag. 



As we had apparently exhausted the ground, 

 we decided to start back in the morning of 

 the 12th and camp in a steady at the west end 

 of Koskacodde. While John was packing up 

 we had an early morning prowl round the 

 shores in the canoe, but saw nothing. While 

 the packing was being finished I fished the 

 pool at the camp and got thirteen trout weigh- 

 ing 7 J lb. — the largest about 1| lb. It was a 

 blazing hot day, we got to our new camping 

 ground shortly after midday, and only caught 

 one trout on the way. 



Going out in the evening we crossed some 

 ideal-looking caribou ground, but saw only one 

 stag with a poor head and a couple of hinds. 



All our hopes were now centred on the Shoe 

 Hill Ridge country, for though we had seen 

 many stags we were most unfortunate as 



