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pages, he must be content to live and die unknown and 

 unappreciated. But here the reader may be inclined to 

 say, " I did not open this chapter to be bothered with de- 

 scriptions of the Captain and the Commissioner and the 

 Priest. I wanted to learn all about salmon fishing in the 

 Saguenay, and there is not one word upon the subject, 

 although it is headed with these very words.'* 



'My dear friend don't be impatient don't be angry. 

 The reason you have learned nothing about salmon fishing 

 in the Saguenay from this chapter is simply, that there is 

 no salmon fishing in the Saguenay ; so keep your temper 

 and turn tranquilly to the chapter which follows, and 

 4f you shall see what you shall see." 



