VI. 



ADJOINING the camping grounds below the 

 falls on the east side, just off the rapid cur- 

 rent, is a favorite lurking place of the pike 

 and the pike-perch. During most seasons 

 they are plentiful enough, though the angler 

 who procures a license for fishing the Nepigon 

 squanders little time with them, for they are 

 not worth the powder, and it would be like 

 casting pearls before swine. 



The pike is the prototype of the highway- 

 man. He is lacking courage to invade the 

 rapid, turbulent water, and seek honest em- 

 ployment there. His principal occupation is 

 lying in ambush among the quiet reaches near 

 shore and at opportune times levying merci- 

 less tribute on every unsuspecting victim that 

 happens along. Among the useful, harmless 

 minnows he is fierce as a dragon, though nat- 



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