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A few rods further brought us to the foot of the 

 falls a triplet of terraced cascades, combining as 

 many points of beauty as Trenton, with more pic- 

 turesque surroundings and as much to captivate 

 the artist and excite the admiration of the appre- 

 ciative lover of nature. They are seldom visited, 

 even by anglers, because they are but little talked 

 of. My Indian guide knew of them, but seemed 

 to have no thought that any one would care to see 

 them ; and it was not until I announced my pur- 

 pose to start out on a tour of -observation that he 

 informed me that I would find something that 

 would reward me for my trouble. Hereafter, so 

 long as I shall be permitted to fish in these waters, 

 I will be sure to pay these falls a visit. 



Similar bits of scenery are scattered all over this 

 vast wilderness of forest, river and mountain. All 

 the rivers have their sources hundreds of feet above 

 the sea. The descent is not always made by a suc- 

 cession of rapids. At some points in most of them 

 there are falls of no mean altitude, beyond which 

 no salmon can ascend, and at the foot of which, 

 in the season, they gather in fabulous numbers. 

 There is such a gathering place on this river, sev- 

 enty miles from the sea. We were within twenty 

 miles of it, but such fearful stories were told us of 

 the difficulty of making the ascent of foaming 

 rapids and jagged rocks, and probable shipwreck 



