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of the eagle awaiting the auspicious moment to 

 dash upon his selected victim; the crouching of 

 the lion ready to leap upon his prey. No angler's 

 gallery is perfect without a picture of an Indian 

 gaffer thus ready to strike. 



Each canoe has two guides. Both are necessary 

 to propel the frail craft over the impetuous rapids 

 which are met with in every salmon river ; and 

 they are equally necessary in guiding the canoe 

 down the rapids, which are generally boiling caul- 

 drons, full of rocks and whirlpools and treacherous 

 currents. Running, as these rapids often do, ten 

 or fifteen miles an hour, contact with a rock is full 

 of peril. But this seldom happens. I remember 

 but a single instance, and that was the result of 

 overloading rather than the lack of skill or judg- 

 ment in the canoemen. 



Two hours of steady pulling brought us to our 

 camp, where we found several fishers who had 

 been awaiting our coming to strike their tents and 

 leave the river. They had had good sport, but 

 not equal to that of last year. Why \ was a ques- 

 tion they were unable to answer. Most likely 

 because they came too late to meet the first run of 

 fish, which were believed to have passed up at the 

 full of the spring freshet, when successful angling 

 is not deemed practicable, and when even tide- 

 water fishing with nets is seldom attempted. This 

 theory was partially confirmed by the fact that 



