110 THE SALMON FISEEK. 



was built in large part to circumvent the mosquitoes 

 and flies which are so tormenting in July, for when 

 the pests become intolerable it is quite possible to 

 climb beyond their reach, and sitting in the brisk 

 breeze which comes in with the tide, watch with 

 complacent mood the vain attempts of the little 

 brutes to beat up to windward and fasten to the flesh 

 under the lee of one's hat-brim, or the lobe of an ex- 

 panding ear. 



Very different is the " bungalow " of the aesthetic 

 Dr. Baxter on the broad water of the Eestigouche. 

 A mansion which cost $11,000 to build, with spa- 

 cious verandahs and all modern appointments, over- 

 looks the pool or swim which rounds out his private 

 stretch of water ; and there he can lie in the still 

 summer nights and hear the plash of the sportive 

 salmon which he knows will be his trophies to-mor- 

 row, and smile grimly over the fate which awaits 

 them. Eight under the ridge on which the house 

 stands, and between it and the river, is the railroad; 

 and when the mood to leave comes on, the Doctor 

 has only to get aboard a Pullman coach at his door 

 tind ride continuously to his home in "Washington. 



