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was marked one fish of forty odd pounds, and sev- 

 eral others approximating that weight. Mr. DUN'S 

 score fully equaled that of the General, and em- 

 braced one or more of the same weight, with sev- 

 eral ranging from thirty pounds upward. Col. 

 PELL, with a somewhat smaller score, approached 

 the most successful of the party in weight. My 

 first three fish weighed eighty-eight pounds (30, 24 

 and 34) and my three largest ninety-three pounds 

 (34, 30 and 29) ; but my heaviest fish weighed only 

 thirty-four pounds several pounds less than the 

 largest which honored the scores of Gen. ARTHUR 

 and Mr. DtiN, and less than the largest taken by 

 Col. PELL. In June and early July better scores 

 were made, and a few larger fish were taken as 

 high as forty-eight pounds but I am sure no other 

 party was ever better pleased with their achieve- 

 ments or more thoroughly enjoyed the sport. 



Our trip to the Forks of the river, nearly fifty 

 miles up stream, with a description of the grand 

 scenery which met us at every step, the beautiful 

 camp we erected and adorned, the grand rapids we 

 ascended, the splendid fishing we had, our return 

 flight through the rapids, with the thousand and 

 one pleasant incidents that made every day too 

 short and the breaking up of camp the only un- 

 happy moment all these will form the theme of 

 future chapters. I will only now say, in closing 



