XIII. 



IF there is one commendable feature more 

 pronounced than any other on the Nepigon, 

 it is the complete banishment of the trout-hog. 

 Some years ago this was a favorite resort of 

 those fishing-for-count pirates. They flour- 

 ished here, never slackening nor faltering in 

 their miserable work, until the Canadian 

 authorities, aroused to the gravity of the sit- 

 uation, and taking thought of the morrow, 

 suppressed the evil; and now the trout are 

 plentiful and large as ever. 



A thoroughly efficient and alert force of 

 game wardens see that the laws are enforced 

 relating to the number and weight of your 

 catch, and the way they are caught. Early 

 and late they are on the lookout, yet liberal 

 in their interpretation of the law, only de- 

 manding that the trout be taken fairly, and 

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