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the stories are told with such infinite gusto and 

 good humor. For my own part, I received in per- 

 fect faith every recital of his achievements even 

 that of the two hundred and six salmon killed in 

 three weeks last year, and of the one hundred and 

 twenty-two killed in half the time last June. That 

 of a year ago was a wonderful catch probably 

 unsurpassed by any thing which ever before 

 passed into the angling records of either the old 

 world or the new. 



Mr. FORBES does honor to old Harvard, whether 

 as a barrister or as an angler. But his virtues 

 shine out most conspicuously in his friendly offices 

 and courteous bearing. If, as I have no doubt, 

 he is as attentive to the interests of his clients 

 as he is to the comfort of his friends, he should 

 gather a rich harvest from his profession. 



Mr. SPUKR is the veteran angler of St. John. 

 He has fished in all waters for twenty years, and 

 knows more of the haunts and habits of the sal- 

 mon than any other man in the province. He 

 is a walking encyclopedia, and finds no greater 

 pleasure than in dispensing his accumulated wis- 

 dom to those who are anxious to learn. It was 

 fitting, therefore, that he should have taken the 

 champion fish of the season a forty-eight pounder 

 the grandest trophy attainable to mortal fisher- 

 man. It was a well-meant compliment, uttered 



