THE LOGS 



'UMBERING in the Cascapedia country 

 has developed to such an extent that 

 it is the cause of much annoyance to 

 the anglers. The thousands of spruce 

 and cedar logs which the choppers have cut and 

 hauled to the banks during the winter are rolled 

 into the river in the spring, and they come dancing 

 along, bobbing up and down in the current, just 

 about the best fishing time, endangering those in 

 the canoes and ruining for a time all the chances 

 of any sport. Fortunately this condition is only 

 temporary, as the logs are not more than two or 

 three days in passing. But when you know there 

 are fresh-run salmon eager for the fly resting in 

 the pools, and it is impossible to fish for them, you 

 find it very hard to refrain from using unpardon- 

 able expressions. 



I do not believe that an occasional log floating 

 down the river does any harm ; it rather excites 

 the fish, and sometimes wakes them up a bit when 

 in a state of lethargy, for I have often taken one 



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