CHAPTER XXVII. 



FOREST WANDERINGS ECCENTRICITIES OF MEMORY 



A LONG CONTEST. 



Look you ! here is a trout will fill six reasonable bellies. 

 [Sir Izaak Walton. 



I HE lower Saranac is closely fished, 

 but it still affords good sport with 

 the troll. The lake-trout are gen- 

 erally of medium size, varying 

 from two to eight pounds, and 

 occasionally running as high as 

 ten and twelve. There are not 

 many lakes in the woods so per- 

 sistently fished, and not many 

 which make better returns to the patient angler. 

 There are a few gentlemen who seldom go beyond 

 it and its connected waters, notably the vener- 

 able Mr. ARNOLD, of Keeseville, whose nearly 

 fourscore years are kept mellow by the time 

 he gives to this healthful recreation. Others, who 

 have reached the sear-and-yellow-leaf time of 

 life, would find their setting sun reflecting back 

 a cheerier light if they would imitate his good 

 example. 



