X. 



THERE is one great charm connected with 

 trouting which cannot be enjoyed on the 

 Nepigon. The river is not a wadable stream ; 

 it is hopelessly hazardous to the man on foot 

 or on horseback. There is an exceptionable 

 fascination in wading a trout stream when this 

 is practicable and reasonably safe, for it af- 

 fords a better and more intimate acquaintance 

 with its peculiarities and conditions, a more 

 thorough knowledge of the water than one 

 has when fishing from canoe or shore. One 

 gets closer to it, thoroughly irrigated with 

 it; and moreover in wading one can go alone 

 if he prefers, and no man feels less alone than 

 when angling; for then none can dispute the 

 littleness of the monster that broke away, nor 

 the dimensions of the fingerling that escaped 

 by smashing the tip of the rod. 

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