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those who had gone to the tipper pools had no 

 cause of complaint. Ordinarily, the best time to 

 " whip " a river is when the first spring freshet is 

 subsiding. Then the fish are fresh from the sea 

 and far more eager and muscular than after a long 

 sojourn in fresh water. Except upon compulsion, 

 no one should defer his visit to a salmon river later 

 than the middle of June. On a good river there 

 will be tolerable fishing until the middle of August, 

 but the cream of the sport is only available on this 

 river from the tenth of June to the fourth of July. 

 It was not our luck, either last year or this, to be 

 able to choose our time. We hope, however, to do 

 so on some future occasion. We shall then know 

 whether it is possible to experience any higher 

 pleasure, or to achieve any grander successes, than 

 have rendered memorable our two visits to the 

 Cascapedia. 



As is the manner of all true anglers, our unknown 

 friends gave us a most hearty welcome. Their 

 spacious board was loaded with every coveted deli- 

 cacy, freshly caught and artistically cooked salmon 

 constituting, of course, the chief and most palatable 

 dish. And salmon only reveal their unapproachable 

 delicacy when thus served. If the fastidious gour- 

 mand is rendered happy by such stale specimens 

 of the delicious iish as he has served up to him a 

 thousand miles from where they are caught, into 

 what spasms of ecstacy would he be thrown by 



