just after a log has passed. I would not advise 

 fishing when the logs are continually going by, 

 as then no doubt the salmon are frighten* <i. 

 Once I saw a salmon spring from between two 

 logs, striking one of them as he fell back. He did 

 not seem to be much alarmed, for he glided away 

 very quietly. Unless one has expert canoemen, it 

 is not safe to go out when the logs are thick ; but 

 if you should be unable to resist the temptation 

 to go a-fishing, insist on having both men face 

 the bow of the canoe when you anchor; in this 

 position they can see the logs better coming down 

 the river, and it is wiser to have two men on the 

 lookout than one. I used to think one was suffi- 

 cient, and depended entirely upon my bowman, 

 until one day a large log, <lriftin^ quietly along, 

 bumped against the bow of my canoe and sent me 

 tumbling over backwards as I was trying my best 

 to induce a fine old salmon to rise the second time. 

 It was most fortunate I did not fall overboard, for 

 just below there was a dangerous piece of water. 

 The man was so intent watching my efforts to 

 raise the fish that he forgot all about the drifting 

 logs ; however, I forgave him, as he promised to do 



Once, when I was fishing my lower water, a raft 

 came down the river headed directly for a pool I 

 intended to try. Believing, of course, it would 

 drive all the salmon away, I decided not to fish; 



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