arranging for their home comforts, Mr. Moore took a light rod (jj4 oz.) 

 and went to the stream to try for a fish to grace the initial meal. He 

 adds :'M soon had seven in my creel, running from ^ to i l / 2 pounds hi 

 weight, which I forthwith handed over to the cook." The next morning 

 he caught one that weighed 10 pounds. He only fished mornings and 

 evenings, and during his stay of two weeks caught 127 fish, of a total 

 weight of 271 pounds. In these waters the abundance and qualities of 

 the Rainbows, in iridescent glory, overarch the long list of feathered and 

 fur-bearing game that of itself would otherwise make it a sportsman's 

 paradise. Bear are to be had, and deer plentiful ; grouse and sagehens, 

 quail, snipe, plover, geese and ducks to be bagged at the pleasure of the 

 sportsman. Nothing outside the man himself can be wanting to 

 supreme happiness. 



TRUCKKK RIVER. 



TRUCKEE, TAHOE, CONNER AND INDEPENDENCE. 



Here is a right royal line of sporting resorts. Esthetic tastes may be 

 fed and broadened by wonderful, high mountain, river, lake and wood- 

 land scenery. Nowhere have Nature's scenic beauties been more lavishly 

 spread out. For lack of room some of them are placed on edge ; the 



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